{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disability-discrimination-employment-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disability-discrimination-employment-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-2.json",
  "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": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“the Act” means the Disability Discrimination Act 1995;\n“binding obligation” means a legally binding obligation (not contained in a lease) in relation to the premises whether arising from an agreement or otherwise;\n“building” means an erection or structure of any kind;\n“building regulations” has the meaning given by Article 3(1) of the Building Regulations (Northern Ireland) Order 1979;\n“lease” has the meaning assigned by section 16(3) of the Act;\n“pay” means remuneration of any kind including any benefit;\n“performance” includes performance as assessed by reference to any measure, whether relative or absolute, of output, efficiency or effectiveness in an employment;\n“section 6 duty” means any duty imposed by or under section 6 of the Act.\n(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1979/1709 (N.I. 16)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1954 c. 33 (N.I.)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/419/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:33:46.133600+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}