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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/census-regulations-northern-ireland-2020/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/census-regulations-northern-ireland-2020/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2020/116",
  "legislation_title": "The Census Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/census-regulations-northern-ireland-2020",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Census\nMade 23rd June 2020\nComing into operation 17th July 2020\nThe Department of Finance makes the following Regulations in exercise of powers conferred by section 3(1) of the Census Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 and now invested in it:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1969 c. 8 (N.I.); the relevant amendments are S.I. 1999/663, article 2(1) and Schedule 1, paragraph 15; 2004 c.33 section 261(3) and Schedule 29, paragraph 9."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.R 1993 No.494"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2020/116/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."
}