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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/game-preservation-amendment-act-northern-ireland-2002/section-4",
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  "legislation": "nia/2002/2",
  "legislation_title": "Game Preservation (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/game-preservation-amendment-act-northern-ireland-2002",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Short title and commencement",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Game Preservation (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2002.\n(2) Sections 1 and 2 shall come into operation on such day or days as the Department of the Environment may by order appoint.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "fully exercised by SR 2002/130"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2002/2/section/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:21:41.367432+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."
}