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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sex-discrimination-order-1976-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2012/462",
  "legislation_title": "The Sex Discrimination Order 1976 (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sex-discrimination-order-1976-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2012",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Sex Discrimination\nMade 21st December 2012\nComing into operation 21st December 2012\nThe Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister, being a Department designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to discrimination , makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by that section:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "text": "1972 c.68"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "See the European Communities (Designation) (No. 3) Order 2002 (S.I.2002/1819)"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2012/462/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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