{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-equality-sexual-orientation-amendment-regulations-2003/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/2827",
  "legislation_title": "The Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) (Amendment) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-equality-sexual-orientation-amendment-regulations-2003",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING\nSEXUAL ORIENTATION DISCRIMINATION\nMade 6th November 2003\nLaid before Parliament 7th November 2003\nComing into force 1st December 2003\nWhereas the Secretary of State is a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to discrimination;\nNow, therefore, the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, in exercise of the powers conferred by the said section 2(2), hereby makes the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "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)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/2827/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."
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