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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/race-relations-northern-ireland-order-1997/article-41",
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  "legislation": "nisi/1997/869",
  "legislation_title": "The Race Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/race-relations-northern-ireland-order-1997",
  "path": "article/41",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "41",
  "heading": "Acts safeguarding national security, etc.",
  "text": "No act done by any person shall be treated for the purposes of any provision of Parts II to IV as unlawfully discriminating if—\n(a) the act is done for the purpose of safeguarding national security or protecting public safety or public order; and\n(b) the doing of that act is justified by that purpose.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "1998 NI 21"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1997/869/article/41",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:41:25.598016+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."
}