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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-better-regulation-act-northern-ireland-2016/section-11",
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  "legislation": "nia/2016/13",
  "legislation_title": "Environmental Better Regulation Act (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-better-regulation-act-northern-ireland-2016",
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  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Consultation requirements",
  "text": "Before making any regulations under section7, 8(1) or 9(1) in relation to a power of entry or associated power or an offence connected with the exercise of any such power, the Department must consult—\n(a) such persons appearing to the Department to be representative of the views of persons entitled to exercise the power of entry or associated power as it considers appropriate; and\n(b) such other persons as the Department considers appropriate.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 11 in operation at 1.5.2016 by S.R. 2016/212, art. 2"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2016/13/section/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:19:58.583469+00:00"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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