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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/industrial-relations-1993-order-commencement-no-2-order-northern-ireland-1994/article-3",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1994/215",
  "legislation_title": "Industrial Relations (1993 Order) (Commencement No. 2, Order (Northern Ireland) 1994",
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  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Transitional provisions",
  "text": "(1) In the Order of 1993 the provisions of Article 3 and Schedule 1 (maternity rights), Schedule 5 (miscellaneous amendments), Schedule 6 (consequential amendments) and Schedule 8 (repeals), in so far as that Article and those Schedules relate to maternity rights, shall have effect only in relation to women whose expected week of childbirth (as defined in the No. 2 Order) begins on or after the 16th October 1994.\n(2) The amendments to the No 2 Order made by Article 3 of and Schedule 1 to the Order of 1993 and brought into operation by this Order shall apply to any dismissal where the effective date of termination (as defined in the No. 1 Order) in relation to that dismissal falls on or after 1st July 1994.",
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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."
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