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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-safety-ships-and-aircraft-order-northern-ireland-2004/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2004/99",
  "legislation_title": "Food Safety (Ships and Aircraft) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-safety-ships-and-aircraft-order-northern-ireland-2004",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "FOOD\nMade 9th March 2004\nComing into operation 20th April 2004\nThe Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 2(2) and 47(2) of the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, having had regard in accordance with Article 47(3A) of the said Order to relevant advice given by the Food Standards Agency and after consultation in accordance with Article 47(3) and (3B) of the said Order and as required by Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No.178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Formerly the Department of Health and Social Services; see S.I.1999/283 (N.I. 1), Article 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1991/762 (N.I.7) as amended by S.I.1996 /1633 (N.I. 12) and paragraphs 26 to 42 of Schedule 5 and Schedule 6 to the Food Standards Act 1999 c. 28"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "O.J. No. L31, 1.2.2002, p. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2004/99/introduction",
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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."
}