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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-safety-northern-ireland-order-1991/article-40",
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  "legislation": "nisi/1991/762",
  "legislation_title": "The Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-safety-northern-ireland-order-1991",
  "path": "article/40",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "40",
  "heading": "Power to require returns",
  "text": "Every district council shall send to the Department or the Food Standards Agency such reports and returns, and give to the Department or the Food Standards Agency such information, with respect to the exercise of the functions conferred on district councils by or under this Order, as the Department or the Food Standards Agency may require.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "F",
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      "text": "1999 c. 28"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1991/762/article/40",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:45:55.257191+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."
}