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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-disability-etc-2000-order-commencement-no-1-order-northern-ireland-2000/article-1",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2000/140",
  "legislation_title": "The Equality (Disability, etc.) (2000 Order) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 2000",
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  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Equality (Disability, etc.) (2000 Order) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 2000.\n(2) In this Order—\n“the 1995 Act” means the Disability Discrimination Act 1995; and\n“the 2000 Order” means the Equality (Disability, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 2000.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1995 c. 50"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2000/140/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:15:50.018993+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."
}