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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/drought-orders-inquiries-procedure-rules-1984/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/drought-orders-inquiries-procedure-rules-1984/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1984/999",
  "legislation_title": "The Drought Orders (Inquiries Procedure) Rules 1984",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/drought-orders-inquiries-procedure-rules-1984",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Application of rules",
  "text": "These rules shall apply to public local inquiries and (except rule 4(3)) to hearings before a person appointed by the Secretary of State held under the provisions of paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 1 to the Drought Act 1976 for the purpose of inquiring into any application for a drought order or of hearing any person who has duly objected to such an application.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1984/999/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T17:38:15.887938+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."
}