{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equal-pay-questions-and-replies-order-northern-ireland-2004/article-3",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2004/322",
  "legislation_title": "Equal Pay (Questions and Replies) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equal-pay-questions-and-replies-order-northern-ireland-2004",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Period for service of questions",
  "text": "The period prescribed for the purposes of subsection (7)(a) of section 6B of the Act (period within which questions must be duly served in order to be admissible in proceedings before a tribunal under subsection (3) or (5) of section 6B) shall be –\n(a) where a question was served before a complaint or reference had been presented or made to a tribunal, the period starting on 25th August 2004 and ending on the day before a complaint is presented to a tribunal; or\n(b) where a question was served at or after the time when a complaint or reference had been presented or made to a tribunal –\n(i) the period of twenty-one days beginning with the day on which the complaint or reference was presented or made; or\n(ii) any longer period that the tribunal may on application allow.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2004/322/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:56:49.502032+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."
}