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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fire-and-rescue-services-2006-order-commencement-no1-order-northern-ireland-2006/article-2",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2006/257",
  "legislation_title": "The Fire and Rescue Services (2006 Order) (Commencement No.1) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fire-and-rescue-services-2006-order-commencement-no1-order-northern-ireland-2006",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Commencement",
  "text": "The day appointed for the coming into operation of the following provisions of the Fire and Rescue Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 is 1st July 2006—\n(a) Articles 3 to 24;\n(b) Articles 53 to 63;\n(c) Schedules 1 and 2;\n(d) Schedule 3, paragraphs 1 to 18 and 20 to 23; and\n(e) Schedule 4 in so far as it relates to—\n(i) The Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975;\n(ii) Articles 3 to 20 and 49A to 52 of and Schedules 1, 2, 3 and 5 to the Fire Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1984;\n(iii) The Commissioner for Complaints (Northern Ireland) Order 1996;\n(iv) Articles 3, 5 and 6 of the Fire Services (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998;\n(v) The Freedom of Information Act 2000; and\n(vi) The Audit and Accountability (Northern Ireland) Order 2003.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1975 (c. 25)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1984 No 1821 (N.I. 11)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 1996 No 1297 (N.I. 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "S.I. 1998 No 1549 (N.I. 11)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "2000 (c. 36)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "S.I.2003 No 418 (N.I. 5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/257/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:46:21.151883+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."
}