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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/business-tenancies-northern-ireland-order-1996/article-1",
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  "legislation": "nisi/1996/725",
  "legislation_title": "The Business Tenancies (Northern Ireland) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/business-tenancies-northern-ireland-order-1996",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Title and commencement",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Business Tenancies (Northern Ireland) Order 1996.\n(2) This Order shall come into operation on such day as the Head of the Department of Finance and Personnel may by order appoint.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "fully exercised by SR 1997/74"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1996/725/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:41:57.311526+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."
}