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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-relations-northern-ireland-order-2004/article-1",
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  "legislation": "nisi/2004/3078",
  "legislation_title": "The Employment Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-relations-northern-ireland-order-2004",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Title and commencement",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Employment Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 2004.\n(2) Parts II to VI shall not come into operation until such day or days as the Department may by order appoint.\n(3) An order under paragraph (2) may contain such transitional provisions and savings as the Department considers necessary or expedient in connection with the coming into operation of any of the provisions of this Order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "partly exercised by SR 2004/519, SR 2005/73, 345, 571"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2004/3078/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:39:53.937894+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."
}