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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-equality-age-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/schedule-4/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-equality-age-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/schedule-4/paragraph-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": "schedule/4/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) A term of a contract is void where—\n(a) the making of the contract is, by reason of the inclusion of the term, unlawful by virtue of these Regulations;\n(b) it is included in furtherance of an act which is unlawful by virtue of these Regulations; or\n(c) it provides for the doing of an act which is unlawful by virtue of these Regulations.\n(2) Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to a term the inclusion of which constitutes, or is in furtherance of, or provides for, unlawful discrimination against, or harassment of, a party to the contract, but the term shall be unenforceable against that party.\n(3) A term in a contract which purports to exclude or limit any provision of these Regulations is unenforceable by any person in whose favour the term would operate apart from this paragraph.\n(4) Sub-paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) shall apply whether the contract was entered into before or after the date on which any term of the contract became unlawful by virtue of these Regulations, but in the case of a contract made before the date on which a term became unlawful, those sub-paragraphs do not apply to that term in relation to any period before that date.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 1(4) substituted (30.9.2006) by The Employment Equality (Age) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006/395), regs. 1(1), 2(7)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 1 in operation at 1.10.2006 in so far as not already in operation, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/261/schedule/4/paragraph/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."
}