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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/groundwater-regulations-northern-ireland-2009/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2009/254",
  "legislation_title": "Groundwater Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/groundwater-regulations-northern-ireland-2009",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "European Communities\nEnvironmental Protection\nMade 2nd July 2009\nComing into operation 10th August 2009\nThe Department of the Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Regulations: power to amend or modify conferred (9.1.2022 for specified purposes, 28.2.2022 in so far as not already in force for N.I.) by Environment Act 2021 (c. 30), ss. 89, 147(2)(l)(6) (with s. 144); S.R. 2022/54, art. 2(1)(n)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Regulations: power to amend or modify conferred (28.2.2022) by Environment Act 2021 (c. 30), ss. 91, 147(6) (with s. 144); S.R. 2022/54, art. 2(1)(o)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c. 68"
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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."
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