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  "legislation_title": "The Departments (Northern Ireland) Order 1999",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "10th February 1999",
  "extent": null,
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      "text": "Order applied (8.5.2016) by Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 5), ss. 1(12), 3(2), Sch. 1; S.R. 2016/89, art. 2"
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      "type": "C",
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      "text": "Order excluded (1.11.2018) by Northern Ireland (Executive Formation and Exercise of Functions) Act 2018 (c. 28), s. 3(7)"
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    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Order excluded (6.12.2022) by Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2022 (c. 48), ss. 5(1), 14(2)"
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