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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-quality-standards-regulations-northern-ireland-2010/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2010/188",
  "legislation_title": "The Air Quality Standards Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Environmental Protection\nMade 21st May 2010\nComing into operation 11th June 2010\nThe Department of the Environment makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.\nThe Department of the Environment is designatedfor the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the environment.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c.68"
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      "type": "footnote",
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      "text": "S.I. 2008/301"
    }
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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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