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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/departments-transfer-of-functions-no-2-order-northern-ireland-2011/article-2",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2011/56",
  "legislation_title": "The Departments (Transfer of Functions) (No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2011",
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  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“instrument” includes any judgement, decree, order, award, deed, contract, regulation, byelaw, certificate or other document;\n“the Order of 1988” means the Statistics of Trade and Employment (Northern Ireland) Order 1988;\n“the transfer date” means the day on which this Order comes into operation;\n“transferor” and “transferee”, in relation to any functions transferred by this Order, mean respectively the department from which the functions are transferred and the department to which the functions are transferred.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1988/595 (N.I. 3)"
    }
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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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