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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-safety-at-work-northern-ireland-order-1978/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-safety-at-work-northern-ireland-order-1978/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1978/1039",
  "legislation_title": "Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-safety-at-work-northern-ireland-order-1978",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "[25th July 1978]",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Order modified (1.6.2015) by The Explosives (Appointment of Authorities and Enforcement) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/236), reg. 5(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Order applied (6.2.2018) by The Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018 (S.R. 2018/17), reg. 18"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Order modified (18.5.2015) by The Ship Recycling Facilities Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/229), regs. 1, 5 (as amended (31.12.2020) by The Ship Recycling (Facilities and Requirements for Hazardous Materials on Ships) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/277), regs. 1, 4(4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "Order: functions modified (1.10.2008) by Cross-border Railway Services (Working Time) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 (S.R. 2008/315); reg. 10(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "Order modified (27.7.2009) by Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 (S.R. 2009/238), reg. 14(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C6",
      "text": "Order modified (24.8.2009) by Explosives (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 (S.R. 2009/273), reg. 14(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C7",
      "text": "Order modified (12.4.2010) by Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), arts. 1(2), 10, Sch. 12 para. 4(12) (with arts. 28-31); S.I. 2010/977, art. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:53:10.667484+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."
}