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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-departments-northern-ireland-order-1999/article-6",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/1999/0110803965",
  "legislation_title": "The Departments (Northern Ireland) Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-departments-northern-ireland-order-1999",
  "path": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "The seal of a department",
  "text": "(1) A department shall have an official seal which shall be officially and judicially noticed.\n(2) The application of the seal of a department shall be authenticated by the signature of—\n(a) the Minister; or\n(b) a senior officer of that department.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/1999/0110803965/article/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:19:51.037375+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."
}