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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-education-and-libraries-northern-ireland-order-2003/article-2",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2003/0110443063",
  "legislation_title": "The Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-education-and-libraries-northern-ireland-order-2003",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 (c. 33) applies to this Order as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.\n(2) In this Order—\n“the 1986 Order” means the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (NI 3);\n“the 1989 Order” means the Education Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (NI 20);\n“the 1997 Order” means the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 (NI 5);\n“the 1998 Order” means the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (NI 13).\n(3) This Order shall be construed as one with the 1986 Order; and accordingly Article 2 of the 1986 Order, in so far as it relates to the interpretation of words or expressions used in that Order and in this Order, applies for the purposes of this Order as it applies for the purposes of that Order.\n(4) In this Order and in any of the Orders mentioned in paragraph (1) a reference to “the Education Orders” includes a reference to this Order.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2003/0110443063/article/2",
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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."
}