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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-northern-ireland-stormont-agreement-and-implementation-plan-act-2016-independent-reporting-commission-regulations-2016/regulation-1",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2016/9780111149799",
  "legislation_title": "The Northern Ireland (Stormont Agreement and Implementation Plan) Act 2016 (Independent Reporting Commission) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-northern-ireland-stormont-agreement-and-implementation-plan-act-2016-independent-reporting-commission-regulations-2016",
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  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation and commencement",
  "text": "These Regulations may be cited as the Northern Ireland (Stormont Agreement and Implementation Plan) Act 2016 (Independent Reporting Commission) Regulations 2016 and come into force on the day on which the agreement relating to paramilitary activity enters into force.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See the definition of “agreement relating to paramilitary activity” in section 4(1) of the Northern Ireland (Stormont Agreement and Implementation Plan) Act 2016. A copy of the agreement can be found at https://www.gov.uk/guidance/uk-treaties#treaty-command-papers; the date on which the agreement enters into force will be published on the relevant page of UK Treaties Online which can be found at this link: https://www.gov.uk/uk-treaties."
    }
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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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