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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-northern-ireland-order-2003-commencement-and-transitional-provisions-order-northern-ireland-2004/article-2",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2004/150",
  "legislation_title": "Employment (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 (Commencement and Transitional Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004",
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  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Commencement",
  "text": "(1) The provisions of the 2003 Order specified in Part I of Schedule 1 shall come into operation on 31st March 2004.\n(2) The provisions of the 2003 Order specified in Part II of Schedule 1 shall come into operation on 30th April 2004.\n(3) The provisions of the 2003 Order specified in Part III of Schedule 1 shall come into operation on 1st May 2004.\n(4) Schedule 6 to the 2003 Order to the extent that it repeals the provision specified in Schedule 2 shall come into operation on 31st March 2004.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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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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