{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/departments-transfer-of-functions-order-northern-ireland-2003/note",
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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": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order.)\nThis Order transfers –\n(a) certain functions of the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure relating to inland fisheries to the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development;\n(b) functions of the Department for Regional Development under Article 4 of the Energy Efficiency (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 to the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/163/note",
    "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."
}