{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-interest-disclosure-northern-ireland-order-1998/article-1",
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  "legislation": "nisi/1998/1763",
  "legislation_title": "The Public Interest Disclosure (Northern Ireland) Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-interest-disclosure-northern-ireland-order-1998",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Title and commencement",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Public Interest Disclosure (Northern Ireland) Order 1998.\n(2) Subject to paragraph (3), this Order shall come into operation on such day or days as the Department of Economic Development may by order appoint.\n(3) The following provisions shall come into operation on the expiration of 7 days from the day on which this Order is made—\n(a) this Article;\n(b) Article 2;\n(c) Article 3 so far as relating to the power to make an order under Article 67F of the 1996 Order; and\nSub‐para. (d) rep. by 1999 NI. 9",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "fully exercised by SR 1999/400"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1998/1763/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:40:53.425622+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."
}