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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-troubles-legacy-and-reconciliation-act-2023/schedule-1/paragraph-21",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2023/41",
  "legislation_title": "Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-troubles-legacy-and-reconciliation-act-2023",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/21",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": "No limitation on trade union activity",
  "text": "(1) An ICRIR officer is not to be regarded as in police service for the purposes of—\n(a) Article 145 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1995;\n(b) Article 243 of the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996;\n(c) section 280 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992; or\n(d) section 200 of the Employment Rights Act 1996.\n(2) This paragraph does not apply to the Commissioner for Investigations (instead see paragraph 15).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 21 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 63(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 21 in force at 1.12.2023 by S.I. 2023/1293, reg. 2(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/41/schedule/1/paragraph/21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:51:56.215171+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."
}