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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-special-educational-needs-and-disability-northern-ireland-order-2005/article-2",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2005/0110490967",
  "legislation_title": "The Special Educational Needs and Disability (Northern Ireland) Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-special-educational-needs-and-disability-northern-ireland-order-2005",
  "path": "article/2",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 (c. 33) applies to this Order as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.\n(2) In this Order—\n“act” includes deliberate omission;\n“employment” has the same meaning as in the 1995 Act, and related expressions shall be construed accordingly;\n“Minister of the Crown” includes the Treasury;\n“premises” includes land of any kind;\n“statutory provision” has the meaning given by section 1(f) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 (c. 33);\n“the 1986 Order” means the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (NI 3);\n“the 1995 Act” means the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (c. 50);\n“the 1996 Order” means the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (NI 1).\n(3) Section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the 1995 Act and any regulations thereunder (meaning of “disability” and “disabled person”) apply for the purposes of this Order as they apply for the purposes of that Act.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2005/0110490967/article/2",
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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."
}