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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hydrocarbons-licensing-directive-regulations-northern-ireland-2010/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2010/170",
  "legislation_title": "The Hydrocarbons Licensing Directive Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hydrocarbons-licensing-directive-regulations-northern-ireland-2010",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Petroleum\nMade 30th April 2010\nComing into operation 28th May 2010\nThe Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment is a Department designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to measures relating to the conditions for granting and using authorisations for the prospection, exploration and production of hydrocarbons.\nThe Department makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by that section.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Formerly the Department of Economic Development; see Article 3(5) of the Departments (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1998/2793"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1972 c.68"
    }
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2010/170/introduction",
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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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