{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/genetically-modified-organisms-1991-order-commencement-no-1-order-northern-ireland-1994/article-2",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1994/141",
  "legislation_title": "The Genetically Modified Organisms (1991 Order) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/genetically-modified-organisms-1991-order-commencement-no-1-order-northern-ireland-1994",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Appointed day",
  "text": "The following provisions of the Genetically Modified Organisms (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 shall come into operation on 1st June 1994:\nArticles 1 to 4,\nArticle 5(1)(a) (in so far as it relates to the import or acquisition of genetically modified organisms), (1)(b), (3)(b), (5), (7), (9) and (10)\nArticle 7 (in so far as it relates to the import, acquisition, release or marketing of genetically modified organisms),\nArticle 8(1), (2), (4) to (6), (6A), (7) to (11),\nArticle 9(1), (2), (5) to (7),\nArticles 10 to 12,\nArticle 13 (in so far as it relates to the import, acquisition, release or marketing of genetically modified organisms),\nArticle 14,\nArticle 15(1)(a), (c), (e) to (1), (m) in so far as it relates to Article 8, (n) and (o) and (2) to (11),\nArticles 16 to 18\nArticle 19(1)(c) to (h), and (2) to (4)\nArticles 20 to 25.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Article 8(6A) was inserted by regulation 13 of The Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994 S.R. 1994 No. 144"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Article 9(1) was amended by regulation 3 of The Genetically Modified Organisms (Modification of Article 9 of the 1991 Order) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994 S.R. 1994 No. 142"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Article 9(5) was amended by regulation 9 of The Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994 S.R. 1994 No. 144"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1994/141/article/2",
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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."
}