{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disability-discrimination-employment-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1996/419",
  "legislation_title": "The Disability Discrimination (Employment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disability-discrimination-employment-regulations-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "DISABLED PERSONS\nMade 12th September 1996\nComing into operation 2nd December 1996\nIn exercise of the powers conferred on the Department of Economic Development by sections 5(6) and (7), 6(8)(a), (c) to (g) and (10), 12(3) of and paragraph 3(a) and (b) of Schedule 4 to the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 the Department of Economic Development hereby makes the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1995 c. 50 as it applies in Northern Ireland by virtue of section 70(6) and Schedule 8 thereof"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/419/introduction",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}