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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-secure-accommodation-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1996/487",
  "legislation_title": "The Children (Secure Accommodation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-secure-accommodation-regulations-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "CHILDREN\nMade 10th October 1996\nComing into operation 4th November 1996\nThe Department of Health and Social Services, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 44(3) and (8), 45(1) and (2), 73(1) and (2)(d), 89(1), (2)(f) and (3), 105(1), (2)(f) and (3) of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1995/755 (N.I. 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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