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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-interest-disclosure-compensation-regulations-northern-ireland-1999/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1999/402",
  "legislation_title": "Public Interest Disclosure (Compensation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-interest-disclosure-compensation-regulations-northern-ireland-1999",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations.)\nThese Regulations modify the application of provisions of the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (“the 1996 Order”) to compensation awarded, or a compensatory award made, in cases where an employee has been dismissed, or selected for dismissal on the grounds of redundancy, because he made a protected disclosure.\nRegulation 3 removes the monetary limit, which Article 158(1) of the 1996 Order imposes on the amount of compensation which may be awarded and on the amount of a compensatory award. It also provides for the payment of a higher additional award under Article 151(3) of the 1996 Order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1999/402/note",
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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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