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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-safety-1991-order-commencement-order-northern-ireland-1991/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1991/175",
  "legislation_title": "The Food Safety (1991 Order) (Commencement) Order (Northern Ireland) 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-safety-1991-order-commencement-order-northern-ireland-1991",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the order.)\nThis order provides for the coming into operation on 21st May 1991 of all of the provisions of the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 except for—\nthe repeal in Schedule 4 of those provisions of the Food Act 1984 and the Food (Northern Ireland) Order 1989, which are required for the continued existence, and enforcement and execution, of orders and regulations made under the Food Act 1984, which shall come into operation on 4th November 1991;\nArticle 49, and the repeal in Schedule 4 of section 133(3) of the Food Act 1984, which shall come into operation on 1st April 1992; and\nthe repeal in Schedule 4 of Articles 2(2) and 15 of the Food (Northern Ireland) Order 1989, which shall come into operation on 1st April 1992, immediately after the coming into operation of certain provisions of the Food Hygiene (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1990.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1991/175/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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