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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-1998-commencement-no-3-order-1999/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/2204",
  "legislation_title": "The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Commencement No. 3) Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-1998-commencement-no-3-order-1999",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Functions of Equality Commission",
  "text": "The following provisions of the 1998 Act shall come into force on 1st October 1999:\nSection 73(1), for the purposes of paragraph 6 of Schedule 4 to the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998\nSection 74, for all remaining purposes\nSection 75(4), so far as relating to paragraph 1(b) of Schedule 9\nSection 95(5), so far as relating to paragraphs 1 and 13 of Schedule 12\nSection 99, so far as relating to paragraphs 2, 16 and 19 of Schedule 13\nSection 100(2), so far as relating to the entries in Schedule 15 coming into force by virtue of this Order\nParagraph 1(b) of Schedule 9, except for the purposes of paragraph 2 of that Schedule\nParagraphs 1 and 13 of Schedule 12\nParagraphs 2, 16 and 19 of Schedule 13\nIn Schedule 15, the entries relating to:\nHouse of Commons Disqualification Act 1975\nSchedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975\nSex Discrimination (Northern Ireland) Order 1976\nSchedule 2 to the Commissioner for Complaints (Northern Ireland) Order 1996\nRace Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1997.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/2204/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:12:29.471162+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."
}