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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-employment-miscellaneous-provisions-northern-ireland-order-2005/article-3",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2005/0110800109",
  "legislation_title": "The Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-employment-miscellaneous-provisions-northern-ireland-order-2005",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Qualification for certain appointments",
  "text": "In Article 82 of the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (NI 21) (appointment of President and Vice-President of the Industrial Tribunals and the Fair Employment Tribunal and of a panel of chairmen of the Fair Employment Tribunal) for paragraph (2) (qualifications for appointment) substitute—\n“(2) A person is not qualified for appointment under paragraph (1) unless —\n(a) he is a barrister-at-law or solicitor of at least 7 years' standing;\n(b) he has a 7 year general qualification within the meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41); or\n(c) he is an advocate or solicitor admitted in Scotland of at least 7 years' standing.”.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2005/0110800109/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:20:08.806453+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."
}