{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/departments-transfer-of-functions-order-northern-ireland-2016/article-1",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2016/76",
  "legislation_title": "The Departments (Transfer of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/departments-transfer-of-functions-order-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation and commencement",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Departments (Transfer of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016.\n(2) Subject to paragraph (3), this Order shall come into operation immediately before the transfer date.\n(3) Article 11 and Schedule 6 shall come into operation on the transfer date.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/76/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:58:11.019031+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."
}