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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-northern-ireland-act-1998-designation-of-public-authorities-order-2000/note",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2000/0110993780",
  "legislation_title": "Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Designation of Public Authorities) Order 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-northern-ireland-act-1998-designation-of-public-authorities-order-2000",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order designates bodies for the purposes of section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998.\nThe effect is to make the bodies listed in the Schedule to the Order “public authorities” for the purposes of that section. Such a public authority is subject to the statutory duties, set out in section 75(1) and (2), to have regard in carrying out its functions relating to Northern Ireland—\nto the need to promote equality of opportunity; and\nto the desirability of promoting good relations between persons of different religious belief, political opinion or racial group.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2000/0110993780/note",
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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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