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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-unauthorised-encampments-northern-ireland-order-2005/article-2",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2005/0110490975",
  "legislation_title": "The Unauthorised Encampments (Northern Ireland) Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-unauthorised-encampments-northern-ireland-order-2005",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 (c. 33) shall apply to Article 1 and the following provisions of this Order as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.\n(2) In this Order—\n“the Department” means the Department for Social Development;\n“occupier” means the person entitled to possession of the land by virtue of an estate or interest held by him;\n“trespass” means trespass as against the occupier of the land; and\n“vehicle” includes—\n(a) any vehicle, whether or not it is in a fit state for use on roads, and includes any chassis or body, with or without wheels, appearing to have formed part of such a vehicle and any load carried by, and anything attached to such a vehicle; and\n(b) a caravan within the meaning of the Caravans Act (Northern Ireland) 1963 (c. 17).\n(3) A person may be regarded for the purposes of this Order as having a purpose of residing in a place notwithstanding that he has a home elsewhere.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2005/0110490975/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:24:13.506776+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."
}