{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/change-of-district-name-derry-and-strabane-order-northern-ireland-2016/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/change-of-district-name-derry-and-strabane-order-northern-ireland-2016/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2016/9",
  "legislation_title": "Change of District Name (Derry and Strabane) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/change-of-district-name-derry-and-strabane-order-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Local Government\nMade 18th January 2016\nComing into operation 24th February 2016\nThe Department of the Environment makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 51(1) of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972, and now vested in it.\nIn accordance with that section 51(1), the Department of the Environment has received an application from Derry and Strabane City Council to change the name of the district of the council from Derry and Strabane to Derry City and Strabane.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c. 9 (N.I.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.R. & O. (N.I.) 1973 No. 504 Art. 7(1); S.I. 1976/424 (N.I. 6)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/9/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:58:59.746513+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."
}