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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-union-and-labour-relations-northern-ireland-order-1995/article-144",
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  "legislation": "nisi/1995/1980",
  "legislation_title": "The Trade Union and Labour Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-union-and-labour-relations-northern-ireland-order-1995",
  "path": "article/144",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "144",
  "heading": "Health service practitioners",
  "text": "(1) In this Order “worker” includes an individual regarded in his capacity as one who works or normally works or seeks to work as a person performing personal medical services or personal dental services providing general medical services, general dental services, general ophthalmic services or pharmaceutical services in accordance with arrangements made by the Department of Health under Article 15B, ... , 61, 62 or 63 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972; and “employer”, in relation to such an individual, regarded in that capacity, means the Department of Health.\n(2) In this Order “worker” also includes an individual regarded in his capacity as one who works or normally works or seeks to work as a person performing primary medical services—\n(a) in accordance with arrangements made by the Department of Health under Article 15B of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972;\n(b) under a contract under Article 57 of that Order entered into by him with the Department of Health,\nand “employer” in relation to such an individual, regarded in that capacity, means the Department of Health.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "2004 NI 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "1997 NI 7"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in art. 144 substituted (1.4.2022) by Health and Social Care Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 3), s. 8(1)(b), Sch. 1 para. 167(a); S.R. 2022/102, art. 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "1972 NI 14"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in art. 144 substituted (1.4.2022) by Health and Social Care Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 3), s. 8(1)(b), Sch. 1 para. 167(b); S.R. 2022/102, art. 2(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1995/1980/article/144",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:43:54.412212+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."
}