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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/diseases-of-animals-modification-order-northern-ireland-2004/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2004/362",
  "legislation_title": "Diseases of Animals (Modification) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/diseases-of-animals-modification-order-northern-ireland-2004",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ANIMALS\nMade 26th August 2004\nComing into operation 1st October 2004\nThe Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, being satisfied that the modification of Schedule 2 to the Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (“the 1981 Order”) is necessary or expedient for the purposes of that Order, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Article 16(2) of the 1981 Order and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland was renamed the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development by Article 3(4) of the Departments Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1981/1115 (N.I. 22)"
    }
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2004/362/introduction",
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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."
}