{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-equality-age-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/regulation-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-equality-age-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/regulation-1.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2006/261",
  "legislation_title": "The Employment Equality (Age) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-equality-age-regulations-northern-ireland-2006",
  "path": "regulation/1",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation and commencement",
  "text": "These Regulations may be cited as the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 and shall come into operation—\n(a) for the purposes of this regulation, regulation 2 (interpretation) and regulations 37, 38 and 39 (functions of the Equality Commission), on 14th June 2006;\n(b) for the purposes of regulation 7 (applicants and employees) and regulation 25 (relationships which have come to an end), in so far as either regulation relates to arrangements for—\n(i) the payment of pension contributions;\n(ii) admission to a pension scheme; and\n(iii) the provision of any benefits relating to pensions;\non 1st December 2006;\n(c) for the purposes of regulation 12 (pension schemes) and Schedule 1 (pension schemes), on 1st December 2006; and\n(d) for all other purposes on 1st October 2006.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 1 substituted (30.9.2006) by The Employment Equality (Age) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006/395), regs. 1(1), 2(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/261/regulation/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:46:18.446670+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."
}