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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-relations-northern-ireland-order-1999/article-39",
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  "legislation": "nisi/1999/2790",
  "legislation_title": "The Employment Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-relations-northern-ireland-order-1999",
  "path": "article/39",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "39",
  "heading": "Orders and regulations",
  "text": "(1) An order or regulations to which this paragraph applies shall—\n(a) be laid before the Assembly as soon as may be after it is made;\n(b) come into operation on such date as may be specified therein; and\n(c) cease to have effect on the expiration of a period of six months from the date on which it came into operation unless, before the expiration of that period, it is approved by a resolution of the Assembly.\n(2) Paragraph (1) applies to—\n(a) regulations under Article 5, 19 or 21;\n(b) an order under Article 24.\n(3) Regulations and orders under this Order may contain incidental, supplementary, transitional or saving provisions.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1999/2790/article/39",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:40:40.761675+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."
}