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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/departments-transfer-and-assignment-of-functions-order-northern-ireland-1999/article-4",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1999/481",
  "legislation_title": "Departments (Transfer and Assignment of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/departments-transfer-and-assignment-of-functions-order-northern-ireland-1999",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Transfer of certain functions of Department of Economic Development",
  "text": "The functions which immediately before the transfer date are exercisable by the Department of Economic Development—\n(a) under or for the purposes of the enactments set out in Part I of Schedule 2 are hereby transferred as from that date to the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister;\n(b) under or for the purposes of the enactments set out in Part II of Schedule 2 are hereby transferred as from that date to the Department of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment;\n(c) under or for the purposes of the enactments set out in Part III of Schedule 2 are hereby transferred as from that date to the Department for Regional Development.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1999/481/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:17:18.630445+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}