{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-rights-northern-ireland-order-1996/article-77F",
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  "legislation": "nisi/1996/1919",
  "legislation_title": "The Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-rights-northern-ireland-order-1996",
  "path": "article/77F",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "77F",
  "heading": "Interpretation and other supplementary provisions",
  "text": "(1) References in Articles 77A to 77E to being or becoming a member of a trade union include references—\n(a) to being or becoming a member of a particular branch or section of that union, and\n(b) to being or becoming a member of one of a number of particular branches or sections of that union.\n(2) References in those Articles—\n(a) to taking part in the activities of a trade union, and\n(b) to services made available by a trade union by virtue of membership of the union,\nshall be construed in accordance with paragraph (1).\n(3) In Articles 77A to 77E—\n“worker” means an individual who works, or normally works as mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (c) of the definition of “worker” in Article 2(2) of the 1995 Order; and\n“employer” means—\n(a)in relation to a worker, the person for whom he works;\n(b)in relation to a former worker, the person for whom he worked.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "2004 NI 19"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1996/1919/article/77F",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:41:40.013845+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."
}