{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sign-language-act-northern-ireland-2026/section-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sign-language-act-northern-ireland-2026/section-13.json",
  "legislation": "nia/2026/7",
  "legislation_title": "Sign Language Act (Northern Ireland) 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sign-language-act-northern-ireland-2026",
  "path": "section/13",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Different forms of sign languages",
  "text": "A reference in this Part to British Sign Language or Irish Sign Language is to either or both of—\n(a) the visual form of the Language as commonly used and understood by deaf people, and\n(b) the common tactile or non-visual forms of the Language as used and understood by some deafblind people.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 13 not in operation at Royal Assent, see s. 15(1)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 13 in operation at 23.9.2026 by S.R. 2026/162, art. 2(l)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2026/7/section/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:18:57.659830+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."
}