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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/commissioner-for-complaints-1997-amendment-order-commencement-order-northern-ireland-1997/article-2",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1997/457",
  "legislation_title": "The Commissioner for Complaints (1997 Amendment Order) (Commencement ) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997",
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  "path": "article/2",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Appointed day",
  "text": "(1) The day appointed for the coming into operation of the Commissioner for Complaints (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 is 1st December 1997.\n(2) Articles 7, 8 and 8A of the Commissioner for Complaints (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 shall apply in relation to—\n(a) action beginning on or after 1st December 1997;\n(b) action beginning before that date if it can reasonably be said that part of the same action occurs on or after that date.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1996/1297 (N.I. 7), as amended by Article 3 of S.I. 1997/1758 (N.I. 14)"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/457/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."
}