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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-1998/schedule-9A/paragraph-6",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1998/47",
  "legislation_title": "Northern Ireland Act 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-1998",
  "path": "schedule/9A/paragraph/6",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Assistance",
  "text": "(1) The Executive Office may provide the Office with staff, facilities or services for the purpose of assisting the Office in the exercise of its functions.\n(2) In this Schedule, a reference to a member of staff includes a reference to a member of staff appointed on secondment; but a period of secondment does not affect a person’s continuity of service in the Northern Ireland civil service.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 9A inserted (22.5.2023) by Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Act 2022 (c. 45), s. 10(2), Sch. 1; S.I. 2023/566, reg. 2(b)"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/47/schedule/9A/paragraph/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:22:12.253813+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."
}