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  "legislation": "nisr/2013/81",
  "legislation_title": "The Costs Protection (Aarhus Convention) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "European Communities\nCourts\nMade 25th March 2013\nComing into operation 15th April 2013\nThe Department of Justice, being a Northern Ireland department designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the environment , makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.",
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      "text": "The European Communities (Designation) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/301)."
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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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