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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-relations-1999-order-commencement-no-5-and-transitional-provision-order-northern-ireland-2002/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2002/214",
  "legislation_title": "Employment Relations (1999 Order) (Commencement No. 5 and Transitional Provision) Order (Northern Ireland) 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-relations-1999-order-commencement-no-5-and-transitional-provision-order-northern-ireland-2002",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "EMPLOYMENT\nMade 31st May 2002\nThe Department for Employment and Learning in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 1(2) and 39(3) of the Employment Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 and now vested in it, and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
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  "version": "current",
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Formerly known as the Department of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment; renamed the Department for Employment and Learning by the Department for Employment and Learning Act (Northern Ireland) 2001 (c. 15)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1999/2790 (N.I. 9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Article 4(b) and Part II of Schedule 2 of the Departments (Transfer and Assignment of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999 (S.R. 1999/481) transferred functions under the Employment Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 from the Department of Economic Development to the Department of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment, now renamed the Department for Employment and Learning"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2002/214/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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