{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sex-discrimination-order-1976-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2016/191",
  "legislation_title": "The Sex Discrimination Order 1976 (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sex-discrimination-order-1976-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Sex Discrimination\nMade 22nd March 2016\nComing into operation 2nd May 2016\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": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c. 68"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See the European Communities (Designation) (No. 3) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/1819)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/191/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."
}