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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/paternity-and-adoption-leave-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2006/373",
  "legislation_title": "The Paternity and Adoption Leave (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/paternity-and-adoption-leave-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2006",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "employment\nwork and families\nMade 15th September 2006\nComing into operation 1st October 2006\nThe Department for Employment and Learning, in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 70C(2), 107A(2) and (2A), 107B(2) and (3), 107C, 107D, 131(1) and 251(6) of the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996, and now vested in it, makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Formerly the Department of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment; See 2001 c.15 (N.I.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Article 70C was inserted by paragraph 3 of Part III of Schedule 4 to the Employment Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2790 (N.I. 9)) (“the 1999 Order”) and paragraph (2) was amended by Article 17 and sub-paragraphs (6) and (7) of paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 to the Employment (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/2836 (N.I. 2)) (“the 2002 Order”). Further amendments which are not relevant to these Regulations have been made to Article 70C by paragraph 29 of Schedule 1 to the Work and Families (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1947 (N.I. 16)) (“the 2006 Order”). The word “prescribed” in Article 70C is defined in paragraph (2) of that Article"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Article 107A was inserted by Article 3 of the 2002 Order and paragraph (2A) was inserted by paragraph 32 of Schedule 1 to the 2006 Order"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Article 107B(2) was inserted by Article 3 of the 2002 Order and a new paragraph (3) was substituted by paragraph 33 of Schedule 1 to the 2006 Order"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Articles 107C and 107D were inserted by Article 3 of the 2002 Order"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "Article 131was substituted by paragraph 8 of Part III of Schedule 4 to the 1999 Order"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "Article 251 was amended by paragraph 16 of Part III of Schedule 4 to the 1999 Order, sub-paragraph (19) of paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 to the 2002 Order and sub-paragraph (10) of paragraph 2 of Schedule 5 to the Employment (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/2902 (N.I. 15))"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "S.I. 1996/1919 (N.I. 16)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f9",
      "text": "See S.R. 1999 No. 481 Departments (Transfer and Assignment of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/373/introduction",
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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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