{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disability-discrimination-questions-and-replies-order-northern-ireland-2004/article-1",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2004/479",
  "legislation_title": "The Disability Discrimination (Questions and Replies) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disability-discrimination-questions-and-replies-order-northern-ireland-2004",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Disability Discrimination (Questions and Replies) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004 and shall come into operation on 27th December 2004.\n(2) In this Order –\n“the Act” means the Disability Discrimination Act 1995;\n“tribunal” means an industrial tribunal.\n(3) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 1 in operation at 27.12.2004, see art. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1954 c. 33 (N.I.)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2004/479/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:55:20.562007+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."
}