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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/departments-transfer-of-functions-order-northern-ireland-2003/article-2",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2003/163",
  "legislation_title": "The Departments (Transfer of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/departments-transfer-of-functions-order-northern-ireland-2003",
  "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 from which and the Department 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/2003/163/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:03:38.286820+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."
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