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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/change-of-district-name-lisburn-borough-order-northern-ireland-2002/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/change-of-district-name-lisburn-borough-order-northern-ireland-2002/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2002/231",
  "legislation_title": "Change of District Name (Lisburn Borough) Order (Northern Ireland) 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/change-of-district-name-lisburn-borough-order-northern-ireland-2002",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "LOCAL GOVERNMENT\nMade 27th June 2002\nComing into Force 8th August 2002\nThe Department of the Environment in exercise of the powers conferred by section 51(1) of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 and now vested in it and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, having received an application from the Lisburn Borough Council to change the name of the district of the council from Lisburn Borough to Lisburn City hereby makes the following Order:—",
  "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)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2002/231/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."
}