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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-fair-employment-and-treatment-northern-ireland-order-1998/article-79",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/1998/0110798740",
  "legislation_title": "The Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-fair-employment-and-treatment-northern-ireland-order-1998",
  "path": "article/79",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "79",
  "heading": "Acts safeguarding national security, etc.",
  "text": "No act done by any person shall be treated for the purposes of any provision of Parts III to V as unlawfully discriminating if—\n(a) the act is done for the purpose of safeguarding national security or protecting public safety or public order; and\n(b) the doing of the act is justified by that purpose.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/1998/0110798740/article/79",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:20:12.262881+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."
}