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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/diseases-of-animals-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2006/41",
  "legislation_title": "The Diseases of Animals (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES\nANIMALS\nMade 17th February 2006\nComing into operation 23rd February 2006\nThe Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Formerly the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland: see S.I. 1999/283 (N.I.) Art. 3(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c. 68"
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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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