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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-hygiene-rating-transitional-provisions-order-northern-ireland-2016/article-1",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2016/314",
  "legislation_title": "The Food Hygiene Rating (Transitional Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-hygiene-rating-transitional-provisions-order-northern-ireland-2016",
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  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Food Hygiene Rating (Transitional Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 and comes into operation on 7th October 2016.\n(2) In this Order—\n“the Act” means the Food Hygiene Rating Act (Northern Ireland) 2016;\n“existing rating” means a rating prepared by a district council pursuant to an inspection of a food business establishment as part of official controls under Regulation (EC) 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29th April 2004 on official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and welfare rules undertaken prior to the commencement of the Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "O.J. L 165, 30.4.2004 p.1 last amended by Regulation (EU) No 652/2014 (O.J. L. 189 27.6.2014 p.1"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/314/article/1",
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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."
}