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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bus-lanes-malone-road-belfast-order-northern-ireland-1997/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1997/211",
  "legislation_title": "Bus Lanes (Malone Road, Belfast) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bus-lanes-malone-road-belfast-order-northern-ireland-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ROAD TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES\nMade 10th April 1997\nComing into operation 27th May 1997\nWHEREAS the Department of the Environment has published a notice in compliance with Article 23(1) and (2) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981;\nAND WHEREAS one objection has been received and duly considered, and no representation has been received;\nNOW THEREFORE the Department, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Article 22(1) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, and being satisfied that the areas of road specified in Article 2 and the Schedule are unsuitable for unrestricted use by vehicles, makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1981/154 (N.I. 1); see Article 2(2) for the definition of “Department”"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/211/introduction",
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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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