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  "legislation": "nisr/2016/212",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Better Regulation (2016 Act) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Environmental Protection\nMade 15th April 2016\nThe Department of the Environment makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 27(2) of the Environmental Better Regulation Act (Northern Ireland) 2016.",
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  "status": null,
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      "text": "2016 c.13 (N.I.)"
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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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