{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/confined-spaces-regulations-northern-ireland-1999/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/confined-spaces-regulations-northern-ireland-1999/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1999/13",
  "legislation_title": "Confined Spaces Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/confined-spaces-regulations-northern-ireland-1999",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "HEALTH AND SAFETY\nMade 14th January 1999\nComing into operation 1st June 1999\nThe Department of Economic Development, being the Department concerned, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 17(1), (2), (3), (5) and (6) and 55(2) of, and paragraphs 1(1) and (2), 8, 10 and 17(a) of Schedule 3 to, the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, after consultation in accordance with Article 46(1) of that Order with the Health and Safety Agency for Northern Ireland and such other bodies as appeared to the Department to be appropriate, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See Article 2(2) of S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9)"
    }
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1999/13/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."
}