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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/borehole-sites-and-operations-regulations-northern-ireland-1995/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1995/491",
  "legislation_title": "Borehole Sites and Operations Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/borehole-sites-and-operations-regulations-northern-ireland-1995",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "HEALTH AND SAFETY\nMade 21st December 1995\nComing into operation 11th March 1996\nThe Department of Economic Development, being the Department concerned, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 17(1), (2), (4), (5) and (6) and 55(2) of, and paragraphs 1(1) and (2), 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14(1), 15, 17 and 20(b) of Schedule 3 to, the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, after consultation in accordance with Article 46(1) of that Order with the Health and Safety Agency for Northern Ireland and such other bodies as appeared to the Department to be appropriate, hereby makes the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See Article 2(2) of S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9)"
    }
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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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