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  "legislation_title": "The Groundwater (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Environmental Protection\nMade 7th March 2016\nComing into operation 20th June 2016\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 upon it 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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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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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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