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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-noise-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2006/387",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Noise Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-noise-regulations-northern-ireland-2006",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "environmental protection\nMade 21st September 2006\nComing into operation 20th October 2006\nThe Department of the Environment is a Department designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to measures relating to the assessment, management and control of environmental noise. The Department makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by that section.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2003/2901"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c. 68"
    }
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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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