{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equal-pay-questions-and-replies-order-northern-ireland-2004/introduction",
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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": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SEX DISCRIMINATION\nMade 4th August 2004\nComing into operation 25th August 2004\nThe Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister, in exercise of the powers conferred upon it by section 6B of the Equal Pay Act (Northern Ireland) 1970, and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1970 c. 32; section 6B was inserted by Article 30 of the Employment (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/2902 (N.I. 15))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2004/322/introduction",
    "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."
}