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  "legislation": "nia/2016/26",
  "legislation_title": "Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-miscellaneous-provisions-act-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "section/17",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Act—\n“the Act of 2008” means the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008;\n“the Department” means the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety;\n“the Order of 1972” means the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972;\n“statutory provision” has the meaning assigned to it by section 1(f) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2016/26/section/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-07T03:33:06.084957+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."
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