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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/drainage-northern-ireland-order-1973/schedule-4/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "nisi/1973/69",
  "legislation_title": "Drainage (Northern Ireland) Order 1973",
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  "number": "1",
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  "text": "Before making any bye-laws under Article 22, the Ministry shall prepare a draft of the bye-laws and publish in the Belfast Gazette, and at least once in two successive weeks in one or more newspapers, a notice—\n(a) stating the general effect of the bye-laws;\n(b) specifying a place where a copy of the draft bye-laws may be inspected free of charge at all reasonable times during the period of twenty-eight days beginning with the date of the first publication of the notice in a newspaper;\n(c) stating that any person may, within that period, by notice in writing to the Ministry, object to the making of the bye-laws.",
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:54:36.383193+00:00"
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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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