{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sign-language-act-northern-ireland-2026/section-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sign-language-act-northern-ireland-2026/section-8.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/8",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Procedure for making regulations",
  "text": "(1) Before laying a draft of regulations under this Chapter, the Department for Communities must consult—\n(a) everyone on whom functions are to be conferred by them (if made), and\n(b) at least two persons or groups appearing to the Department to be representative or cognisant of the views or interests of the deaf community.\n(2) Where regulations under this Chapter are (if made) to limit or modify this Part, a draft of them must when laid be accompanied by a statement by the Department justifying its proposal that they do so.\n(3) Regulations under this Chapter may not be made unless a draft of them has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, the Assembly.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 8 not in operation at Royal Assent, see s. 15(1)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 8 in operation at 23.9.2026 by S.R. 2026/162, art. 2(g)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2026/7/section/8",
    "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."
}