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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/paternity-and-adoption-leave-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2015/87",
  "legislation_title": "The Paternity and Adoption Leave (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/paternity-and-adoption-leave-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2015",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Employment\nWork And Families\nApproved by resolution of the Assembly on 12th May 2015Made 2nd March 2015\nComing into operation\nfor the purpose of regulations 1, 2, 3(a)(i) and (ii) (partially), 4, 5(a), 5(b) (partially), 6, 9, 10, 12, and 14(1), (2), (4) and (6) 15th March 2015\nfor all other purposes 5th April 2015\nThe Department for Employment and Learning makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 70C(2)(aa) and (ab), 107A(1), (1A) and (3)(c), 107D(2), 112A(4A), 112B(1), (4A) and (5)(aa) and (ba), 112BA(1), 112C(1)(c), 112D(1) and 131(1), (2) and (3)(aa) and (ab) of the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Article 70C was inserted by the Employment Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2790 (N.I. 9)), Schedule 4, Part 3, paragraph 3. Paragraphs (aa) and (ab) were inserted into Article 70C(2) by the Work and Families Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 1 (N.I.)), sections 15(4) and 17(4)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Articles 107A and 107D were inserted by the Employment (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/2836 (N.I. 2)), Article 3. Article 107A(1A) was inserted by 2015 c. 1 (N.I.), section 8(2)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Articles 112A to 112D were inserted by S.I. 2002/2836 (N.I. 2), Article 4. Article 112A(4A) was inserted by 2015 c. 1 (N.I.), section 3(6). Article 112B(4A) was inserted by 2015 c. 1 (N.I.), section 3(7). Article 112B(5)(aa) was inserted by 2015 c. 1 (N.I.), section 8(4). Article 112B(5)(ba) was inserted by 2015 c. 1 (N.I.), section 17(5). Article 112BA(1) was inserted by 2015 c.1 (N.I.), section 8(5)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Article 131 was substituted by S.I. 1999/2790 (N.I. 9), Schedule 4, Part 3, paragraph 8. Paragraph (3)(aa) was inserted by 2015 c. 1 (N.I.), section 15(5) and paragraph (3)(ab) was inserted by 2015 c. 1 (N.I.), section 17(6)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "S.I. 1996/1919 (N.I. 16)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/87/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:03:23.709330+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."
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