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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-protection-of-freedoms-act-2012-northern-ireland-biometric-data-order-2015/article-4",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2015/9780111128039",
  "legislation_title": "The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (Northern Ireland) (Biometric data) Order 2015",
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  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Amendments to the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012",
  "text": "(1) The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 is amended as follows.\n(2) In paragraph 7(1)(a) of Schedule 1 (material subject to the 1989 Order) for “(destruction of fingerprints and samples)” substitute “(destruction of fingerprints and DNA profiles)”.\n(3) In paragraph 7(7) omit the definitions of “DNA profile” and “DNA sample”.",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Paragraph 7(1) of Schedule 1 to the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c.9) has been amended by paragraphs 7(1) and (2) of Schedule 3 to the Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2013 (c. 7 (N.I))."
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}