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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-impact-assessment-agriculture-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2008/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2008/278",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Impact Assessment (Agriculture) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-impact-assessment-agriculture-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2008",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Environmental Impact Assessment (Agriculture) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 to correct a number of errors in drafting. In particular, these Regulations:\n(a) define the “EIA Directive”;\n(b) attract the provisions of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954; and\n(c) clarify the role of the appointed person with regard to appeals against stop notices issued by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2008/278/note",
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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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