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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disability-discrimination-meaning-of-disability-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disability-discrimination-meaning-of-disability-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1996/421",
  "legislation_title": "The Disability Discrimination (Meaning of Disability) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996",
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  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Tattoos and piercings",
  "text": "For the purposes of paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the Act a severe disfigurement is not to be treated as having a substantial adverse effect on the ability of the person concerned to carry out normal day-to-day activities if it consists of:\n(a) a tattoo (which has not been removed); or\n(b) a piercing of the body for decorative or other non-medical purposes, including any object attached through the piercing for such purposes.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/421/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:33:44.603494+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."
}