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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equal-pay-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1996/465",
  "legislation_title": "Equal Pay (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equal-pay-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SEX DISCRIMINATION\nMade 3rd October 1996\nComing into operation 3rd November 1996\nThe Department of Economic Development, being a Department designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to measures relating to equal pay for men and women and to equal treatment for men and women in matters of employment, self-employment and vocational training, in exercise of the powers conferred by that section, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c. 68"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The European Communities (Designation) (No. 3) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/2661)"
    }
  ],
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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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