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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disability-discrimination-services-and-premises-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1996/557",
  "legislation_title": "The Disability Discrimination (Services and Premises) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disability-discrimination-services-and-premises-regulations-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "DISABLED PERSONS\nMade 29th November 1996\nComing into operation 2nd December 1996\nThe Department of Health and Social Services, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 19(5)(c), 20(7) and (8), 24(5), 67(2) and (3) and 68(1) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1995 c. 50; sections 19, 20, 67 and 68 are modified in their application to Northern Ireland by paragraphs 9, 10, 46 and 47 respectively of Schedule 8. Section 68(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”"
    }
  ],
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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."
}