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  "legislation_title": "The Groundwater (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "European Communities\nEnvironmental Protection\nMade 4th July 2014\nComing into operation 31st July 2014\nThe Department of the Environment, being a Department designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the environment, makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by that section.",
  "extent": null,
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  "version": "current",
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      "text": "S.I. 2008/301"
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      "text": "1972 c.68"
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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