{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/flexible-working-procedural-requirements-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/flexible-working-procedural-requirements-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/regulation-8.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2003/173",
  "legislation_title": "Flexible Working (Procedural Requirements) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/flexible-working-procedural-requirements-regulations-northern-ireland-2003",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Appeals",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the employer shall hold a meeting with the employee to discuss the appeal within 14 days after the employee’s notice under regulation 6 is given.\n(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply where, within 14 days after the date on which notice under regulation 6 is given, the employer –\n(a) upholds the appeal; and\n(b) notifies the employee in writing of his decision, specifying the contract variation agreed to and stating the date on which the variation is to take effect.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 8 in operation at 6.4.2003, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/173/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:03:30.740482+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."
}