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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gangmasters-licensing-exclusions-regulations-northern-ireland-2014/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2014/23",
  "legislation_title": "The Gangmasters Licensing (Exclusions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gangmasters-licensing-exclusions-regulations-northern-ireland-2014",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“The Act” means the Gangmasters (Licensing) Act 2004;\n...\n“the Department” means the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development;\n“the Education Orders” have the same meaning as in Article 2 of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 ;\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(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "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), 9(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), 9(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "S.I.1986 No. 594 (N.I.3); Article 2 was amended by S.I. 1998/1759 (N.I.13)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1954 c.33 (N.I.)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2014/23/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:08:21.645597+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."
}