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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disability-discrimination-exemption-for-small-employers-order-northern-ireland-1998/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1998/391",
  "legislation_title": "The Disability Discrimination (Exemption for Small Employers) Order (Northern Ireland) 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disability-discrimination-exemption-for-small-employers-order-northern-ireland-1998",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "DISABLED PERSONS\nMade 10th November 1998\nComing into operation 1st December 1998\nWhereas, before making this Order, the Department of Economic Development (hereinafter referred to as “the Department”) conducted a review of the effect of section 7 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995:\nAnd whereas the review was commenced on the 18th day of February 1998 and was completed on the 1st day of September 1998:\nAnd whereas in conducting the review the Department consulted–\n(a) such organisations representing the interests of employers as it considered appropriate; and\n(b) such organisations representing the interests of disabled persons in employment or seeking employment as it considered appropriate:\nNow, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred on the Department by Section 7(2) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, the Department hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1995 c. 50. Section 7 of that Act was modified in its application to Northern Ireland by Section 70(6) of and Schedule 8 to that Act"
    }
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1998/391/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."
}