{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sign-language-act-northern-ireland-2026/section-14",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sign-language-act-northern-ireland-2026/section-14.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/14",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "Everyday reliance on sign languages",
  "text": "The references in this Part to relying for communication on British Sign Language or Irish Sign Language are to so relying (wholly or substantially) on the Language by necessity or for convenience in the course of everyday activities.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 14 not in operation at Royal Assent, see s. 15(1)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 14 in operation at 23.9.2026 by S.R. 2026/162, art. 2(m)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2026/7/section/14",
    "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."
}