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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-equality-sexual-orientation-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/regulation-26",
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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": "regulation/26",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": "Exception for national security etc",
  "text": "No act done by any person shall be treated for the purposes of any provision of Part II or III as unlawfully discriminating if –\n(a) the act is done for the purpose of safeguarding national security or protecting public safety or public order; and\n(b) the doing of the act is justified by that purpose.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 26 in operation at 2.12.2003, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/497/regulation/26",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:00:16.186398+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."
}