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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-noise-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/regulation-53",
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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": "regulation/53",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "53",
  "heading": "Guidance",
  "text": "A competent authority, in exercising any of its functions under these Regulations, shall have regard to any guidance issued by the Department or, formerly, the Department of the Environment under this regulation.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 53 inserted (31.12.2018) by The Environmental Noise (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018 (S.R. 2018/190), regs. 1(1), 2(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 53 in operation at 20.10.2006 with application in accordance with, see reg. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/387/regulation/53",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:45:05.455423+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."
}