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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-act-northern-ireland-2010/section-8",
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  "legislation": "nia/2010/12",
  "legislation_title": "Employment Act (Northern Ireland) 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-act-northern-ireland-2010",
  "path": "section/8",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Commencement",
  "text": "(1) Section 3 comes into operation on such day as the Department for Employment and Learning may by order appoint.\n(2) The remaining provisions of this Act come into operation on the day after that on which this Act receives Royal Assent.\n(3) An order under subsection (1) may contain such transitional or saving provisions as the Department for Employment and Learning thinks appropriate.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "P",
      "label": "P1",
      "text": "S. 8(1) power fully exercised: 19.6.2011 appointed by S.R. 2011/222, art. 2 (with transitional provision in art. 3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2010/12/section/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:21:04.374678+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."
}