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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disability-discrimination-questions-and-replies-order-northern-ireland-2007/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disability-discrimination-questions-and-replies-order-northern-ireland-2007/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2007/470",
  "legislation_title": "The Disability Discrimination (Questions and Replies) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disability-discrimination-questions-and-replies-order-northern-ireland-2007",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "DISABLED PERSONS\nMade 13th November 2007\nComing into operation 31st December 2007\nThe Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 56(2) and (4) and section 67(3) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 and now vested in it makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1995 c.50. Sections 56(2), 56(4) and 67(3) are modified in their application to Northern Ireland by paragraphs 38 and 46 of Schedule 8. Section 56 is substituted by Article 17 of the Disability Discrimination (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006 No. 312 (N.I.1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See S.R. 1999 No. 481, Article 4(a) and Schedule 2, Part I transfer of functions"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2007/470/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."
}