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  "legislation": "nia/2015/1",
  "legislation_title": "Work and Families Act (Northern Ireland) 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/work-and-families-act-northern-ireland-2015",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to make provision about shared rights to leave from work and statutory pay in connection with caring for children; time off work to accompany to ante-natal appointments or to attend adoption appointments; to make provision about the right to request flexible working; and for connected purposes.\n[8th January 2015]\nBE IT ENACTED by being passed by the Northern Ireland Assembly and assented to by Her Majesty as follows:",
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  "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."
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