{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gas-1996-order-commencement-order-northern-ireland-1996/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gas-1996-order-commencement-order-northern-ireland-1996/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1996/216",
  "legislation_title": "Gas (1996 Order) (Commencement) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gas-1996-order-commencement-order-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Gas (1996 Order) (Commencement) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996.\n(2) In this Order:—\n“the 1977 Order” means the Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1977;\n“the 1996 Order” means the Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996; and\n“the Street Works Order” means the Street Works (Northern Ireland) Order 1995.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1977/596 (N.I. 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1995/3210 (N.I. 19)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/216/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:35:47.747124+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."
}