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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/departments-transfer-of-functions-order-northern-ireland-2001/article-2",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2001/229",
  "legislation_title": "Departments (Transfer of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/departments-transfer-of-functions-order-northern-ireland-2001",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“instrument” includes any judgment, decree, order, award, deed, contract, regulation, byelaw, certificate or other document;\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 or Minister from which and the department or Minister to which the functions are transferred.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2001/229/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:11:16.409178+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."
}