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  "legislation": "nia/2010/16",
  "legislation_title": "Debt Relief Act (Northern Ireland) 2010",
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  "path": "section/7",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Commencement",
  "text": "(1) This Act (except for section 5, this section and sections 8 and 9) comes into operation on such day or days as the Department may by order appoint.\n(2) An order under this section may include transitional and saving provisions.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "label": "P1",
      "text": "S. 7(1) power fully exercised: 30.6.2011 appointed by S.R. 2011/13, art. 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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