{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/race-relations-questions-and-replies-order-northern-ireland-1997/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/race-relations-questions-and-replies-order-northern-ireland-1997/article-4.json",
  "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/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Period for service of questions — tribunal cases",
  "text": "In proceedings before a tribunal, a question shall only be admissible as evidence in pursuance of Article 63(2)(a) of the Order—\n(a) where it was served before a complaint had been presented to a tribunal, if it was so served –\n(i) within the period of three months beginning when the act complained of was done; or\n(ii) where the period under Article 65 of the Order within which proceedings must be brought is extended by regulation 15 of the Employment (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 (Dispute Resolution) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004, within that extended period;\n(b) where it was served when a complaint had been presented to a tribunal, either if it was so served within the period of twenty-one days beginning with the day on which the complaint was presented or if it was so served later with leave given, and within a period specified, by a direction of the tribunal.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 4(a) substituted (3.4.2005) by Employment (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 (Dispute Resolution) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 (S.R. 2004/521), regs. 1, 17(d) (with reg. 18)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 4 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/4",
    "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."
}