{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-rights-increase-of-limits-order-northern-ireland-2026/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2026/57",
  "legislation_title": "The Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-rights-increase-of-limits-order-northern-ireland-2026",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Terms And Conditions Of Employment\nMade 19th March 2026\nComing into operation 6th April 2026\nThe Department for the Economy makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 33(2) and 39(3) of the Employment Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 and now vested in it.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1999/2790 (N.I. 9); Article 33 was amended by the Employment Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 15 (N.I.)), section 22 and by the Employment Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 (N.I. 19), Article 30(1) and Schedule 2, paragraph 24."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The functions of the Department of Economic Development under the Employment Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 were transferred to the Department of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment by S.R. 1999 No.481, article 4(b) and Schedule 2, Part II. The Department of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment was renamed the Department for Employment and Learning by 2001 c.15 (N.I.), section 1, and following the dissolution of that department by the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c.5 (N.I.)), section 1(10), its functions under the Employment Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 were transferred to the Department for the Economy by S.R. 2016 No. 76, Article 6(1)(c)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2026/57/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:23:58.194566+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."
}