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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gas-order-1996-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2006/358",
  "legislation_title": "Gas Order 1996 (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gas-order-1996-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2006",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.\n(2) In these Regulations—\n“the Authority” means the Northern Ireland Authority for Energy Regulation;\n“the 1996 Order” means the Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996;\n“the Department” means the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment; and\n“the Energy Order” means the Energy (Northern Ireland) Order 2003.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in operation at 1.10.2006, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1954 c. 33 (N.I.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1996/275 (N.I. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 2003/419 (N.I. 6)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/358/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:45:22.687347+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."
}