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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-equality-sexual-orientation-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2003/497",
  "legislation_title": "Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-equality-sexual-orientation-regulations-northern-ireland-2003",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SEXUAL ORIENTATION DISCRIMINATION\nMade 1st December 2003\nComing into operation 2nd December 2003\nThe Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister, being a Department designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to discrimination, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by that section, and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Rules: transfer of functions (8.5.2016) by The Departments (Transfer of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/76), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 (with art. 9(2))"
    },
    {
      "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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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/497/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."
}