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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-strategic-planning-northern-ireland-order-1999/article-3",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/1999/0110820592",
  "legislation_title": "The Strategic Planning (Northern Ireland) Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-strategic-planning-northern-ireland-order-1999",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Regional development strategy",
  "text": "(1) The Department shall formulate, in consultation with other Northern Ireland departments, a regional development strategy for Northern Ireland, that is to say a strategy for the long-term development of Northern Ireland.\n(2) Any act which—\n(a) was done at any time before the coming into operation of this Order by the Department of the Environment under Article 3 of the Planning (Northern Ireland) Order 1991; and\n(b) could have been done under this Article had it been in operation at that time,\nshall have effect as if done by the Department under this Article.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/1999/0110820592/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:19:44.328335+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}