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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-equality-sex-discrimination-regulations-2005/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/2467",
  "legislation_title": "The Employment Equality (Sex Discrimination) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-equality-sex-discrimination-regulations-2005",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SEX DISCRIMINATION\nMade 5th September 2005\nLaid before Parliament 7th September 2005\nComing into force 1st October 2005\nThe Secretary of State, being a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to discrimination, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by that section, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c. 68."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See the European Communities (Designation) (No. 3) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/1819)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2467/introduction",
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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."
}