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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-local-government-boundaries-order-northern-ireland-2012/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nidsr/2012/9780337987786",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government (Boundaries) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-local-government-boundaries-order-northern-ireland-2012",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Draft Regulations laid before the Assembly under section 50(7) of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 for approval\nLocal Government\nDraft Order laid before the Assembly under section 50(7) of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 for approval.\nMade\nComing into operation in accordance with Article 1\nThis Order is made in exercise of the powers conferred by section 50(10) of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972.\nIn pursuance of section 50(6) of that Act, the Local Government Boundaries Commissioner submitted a report to the Department of the Environment recommending the boundaries and the names of the 11 districts mentioned in section 1 of the Local Government (Boundaries) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 and the number, boundaries and names of the wards into which each district is to be divided;\nThis Order gives effect to those recommendations with modifications;\nAccordingly the Department of the Environment makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c 9: section 50(10) was amended by Art. 4(1) S.I. 2006/1253 (N.I. 8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2008 c. 7."
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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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