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  "legislation": "nia/2010/10",
  "legislation_title": "Forestry Act (Northern Ireland) 2010",
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  "number": "36",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Act—\n“afforestation” includes re-afforestation;\n“authorised person”, in relation to any provision of this Act, means a person authorised in writing by the Department for the purposes of that provision;\n“the Department” means the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development;\n“DFP” means the Department of Finance and Personnel;\n“forest”, “forestry”, “forestry land” and “forest products” have the meanings given by section 1(3);\n“notice” means notice in writing;\n“statutory provision” has the meaning given by section 1(f) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 (c. 33);\n“woodland industry” means any industry which uses timber or other forestry products as a major part of its raw materials.",
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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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