{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disability-discrimination-questions-and-replies-order-northern-ireland-2004/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disability-discrimination-questions-and-replies-order-northern-ireland-2004/article-4.json",
  "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/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Period for service of questions",
  "text": "In proceedings before a tribunal, a question shall only be admissible as evidence in pursuance of section 56(3) of the Act –\n(a) where it was served before a complaint had been presented to a tribunal, if it was so served—\n(i) within the period of three months beginning when the act complained of was done; or\n(ii) where the period under paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to the Act within which proceedings must be brought is extended by regulation 15 of the Employment (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 (Dispute Resolution) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004, within that extended period; or\n(b) where it was served after a complaint had been presented to a tribunal –\n(i) if it was served within the period of twenty-eight days beginning with the day on which the complaint was presented, or\n(ii) if it was served with the leave of a tribunal, within the period specified by that tribunal.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 4(a) substituted (31.12.2007) by The Disability Discrimination (Questions and Replies) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007 (S.R. 2007/470), arts. 1(1), 5(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 4 in operation at 27.12.2004, see art. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2004/479/article/4",
    "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."
}