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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gangmasters-appeals-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2006/189",
  "legislation_title": "The Gangmasters (Appeals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gangmasters-appeals-regulations-northern-ireland-2006",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“the Act” means the Gangmasters (Licensing) Act 2004;\n“appointed person” has the meaning given by regulation 3(1);\n...\n“the Department” means the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development;\n“decision with immediate effect” means a decision of the Secretary of State to revoke or suspend a licence, where the period between the date of the decision document and the date on which the decision comes into effect is five working days or less;\n“decision document” means the letter, notice or other communication by which the appellant is informed of a decision of the Secretary of State;\n“disputed decision” means the decision of the Secretary of State in relation to which the appellant appeals;\n“licence” means a licence granted by the Secretary of State under section 7(1) of the Act authorising a person to act as a gangmaster;\n“the parties” means the appellant and the Secretary of State;\n“working day” means a day other than a Saturday or a Sunday or a public holiday.\n(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) omitted (7.4.2026) by virtue of The Employment Rights Act 2025 (Enforcement) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/302), regs. 1(1), 4(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (7.4.2026) by The Employment Rights Act 2025 (Enforcement) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/302), regs. 1(1), 4(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (7.4.2026) by The Employment Rights Act 2025 (Enforcement) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/302), regs. 1(1), 4(2)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (7.4.2026) by The Employment Rights Act 2025 (Enforcement) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/302), regs. 1(1), 4(2)(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (7.4.2026) by The Employment Rights Act 2025 (Enforcement) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/302), regs. 1(1), 4(2)(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (7.4.2026) by The Employment Rights Act 2025 (Enforcement) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/302), regs. 1(1), 4(2)(f)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in operation at 15.5.2006, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1954 c. 33 (N.I.)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/189/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:46:59.568638+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."
}