{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/race-relations-questions-and-replies-order-northern-ireland-1997/article-1",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1997/322",
  "legislation_title": "Race Relations (Questions and Replies) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/race-relations-questions-and-replies-order-northern-ireland-1997",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Race Relations (Questions and Replies) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 4th August 1997.\n(2) In this Order—\n“the Order” means the Race Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1997; and\n“tribunal” means an industrial tribunal.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 1 in operation at 4.8.1997, see art. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/322/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:28:08.990293+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."
}