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  "legislation": "nisr/2015/191",
  "legislation_title": "The Common Agricultural Policy Basic Payment and Support Schemes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Agriculture\nMade 27th March 2015\nComing into operation 30th April 2015\nThe Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is a Department designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union and in relation to matters relating to the promotion of rural development.\nThe Department of Agriculture and Rural Development makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 2(2) of that Act.",
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      "text": "S.I.2000/2812 to which there are amendments not relevant to the subject matter of these Regulations and S.I.2000/3238."
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      "text": "1972 c.68."
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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