{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/work-and-families-act-northern-ireland-2015/section-19",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/work-and-families-act-northern-ireland-2015/section-19.json",
  "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": "section/19",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Flexible working: removal of requirement to be a carer",
  "text": "(1) Article 112F of the Employment Rights Order is amended as follows.\n(2) In paragraph (1) (conditions for exercising right to request flexible working)—\n(a) omit the word “and” following sub-paragraph (a),\n(b) omit sub-paragraph (b) (condition that employee's purpose be to enable caring for a child or adult).\n(3) In paragraph (2)—\n(a) after sub-paragraph (b) insert “ and ”,\n(b) omit the word “and” following sub-paragraph (c),\n(c) omit sub-paragraph (d) (application to explain how employee meets conditions as to relationship mentioned in paragraph (1)(b)).\n(4) Omit paragraph (9) (definitions for paragraphs (1)(b) and (2)(d)).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 19 in operation at 5.4.2015 by S.R. 2015/86, art. 4(1)(g) (with art. 7(3))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2015/1/section/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:20:17.683170+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."
}