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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-safety-at-work-northern-ireland-order-1978/schedule-2/paragraph-14",
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  "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": "schedule/2/paragraph/14",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Any contract or instrument which, if entered into or executed by an individual, would not require to be executed as a deed may be entered into or executed on behalf of the Executive by any person generally or specially authorised by the Executive to act for that purpose, and any document purporting to be such a contract or instrument shall be deemed to be such a contract or instrument until the contrary is proved.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "2005 NI 7"
    },
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "1998 NI 18"
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:53:10.667484+00:00"
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  "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."
}