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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gaming-machine-prescribed-licensed-premises-regulations-northern-ireland-1998/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gaming-machine-prescribed-licensed-premises-regulations-northern-ireland-1998/note.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1998/57",
  "legislation_title": "Gaming Machine (Prescribed Licensed Premises) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gaming-machine-prescribed-licensed-premises-regulations-northern-ireland-1998",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations.)\nThese Regulations prescribe the types of licensed premises, and the parts of those premises, in which gaming machines may be used. The use of gaming machines has been permitted in certain areas of public houses for a number of years and the Regulations extend these provisions to include hotels.\nThese Regulations revoke the Gaming Machine (Prescribed Licensed Premises) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1989.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1998/57/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:25:16.506940+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."
}