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  "legislation_title": "The Working Time Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016",
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  "path": "regulation/40",
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  "number": "40",
  "heading": "Restriction on institution of proceedings",
  "text": "Proceedings for an offence shall not be instituted except by an inspector or by or with the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland.",
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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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