{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/special-agencies-consultation-on-dissolution-regulations-northern-ireland-2009/regulation-1",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2009/84",
  "legislation_title": "The Special Agencies (Consultation on Dissolution) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009",
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  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) These regulations may be cited as the Special Agencies (Consultation on Dissolution) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 and shall come into operation on 30th March 2009.\n(2) In these regulations —\n“the Order” means the Health and Personal Social Services (Special Agencies) (Northern Ireland) Order 1990;\n“dissolution order” means an order under paragraph 8A(1) of the Schedule to the Order dissolving a special agency;\n“staff interests” means such persons or bodies as the special agency which is to be dissolved may recognise as representing staff employed by or for the purposes of that special agency who, in its opinion, are likely to be transferred or affected by transfers in pursuance of the dissolution order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2009/84/regulation/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:32:50.864966+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."
}