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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/flexible-working-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/regulation-3",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2015/105",
  "legislation_title": "The Flexible Working Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/flexible-working-regulations-northern-ireland-2015",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Entitlement to make an application",
  "text": "An employee who has been continuously employed for a period of at least 26 weeks is entitled to make a flexible working application.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Continuous employment is computed in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 1 of the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/105/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:03:10.377493+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."
}