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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/recognition-and-derecognition-ballots-qualified-persons-amendment-order-northern-ireland-2017/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2017/223",
  "legislation_title": "The Recognition and Derecognition Ballots (Qualified Persons) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/recognition-and-derecognition-ballots-qualified-persons-amendment-order-northern-ireland-2017",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Trade Unions\nMade 22nd November 2017\nComing into operation 17th December 2017\nThe Department for the Economy, in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraphs 25(7)(a) and 117(9)(a) of Schedule 1A to the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1995, and now vested in it, makes the following Order:",
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  "version": "current",
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Formerly the Department for Employment and Learning; see section 1(10) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (2016 c. 5 (N.I.))"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1995/1980 (N.I. 12); Schedule 1A was inserted by Article 3 of the Employment Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2790 (N.I. 9))"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Article 6(1)(c) of the Departments (Transfer of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016 No. 76) transferred relevant functions of the Department for Employment and Learning to the Department for the Economy"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2017/223/introduction",
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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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