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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/charities-2008-act-commencement-no-2-order-northern-ireland-2009/article-2",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2009/324",
  "legislation_title": "The Charities (2008 Act) (Commencement No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2009",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Appointed day",
  "text": "25th September 2009 is the day appointed for the coming into operation of—\n(a) section 1 (meaning of “charity”);\n(b) section 2 (meaning of “charitable purpose”);\n(c) section 3 (the “public benefit” test);\n(d) section 12 (1) and (2) (the Charity Tribunal for Northern Ireland);\n(e) section 13(1) to (4) and (8) and (9) (practice and procedure); and\n(f) Schedule 2 (the Charity Tribunal).",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2009/324/article/2",
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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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