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  "legislation": "nia/2002/1",
  "legislation_title": "Industrial Development Act (Northern Ireland) 2002",
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  "path": "section/7",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Commencement",
  "text": "(1) The preceding provisions of this Act shall come into operation on such day as the Department may by order appoint.\n(2) An order under subsection (1) may contain such transitional provisions and savings as the Department thinks necessary or expedient.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "fully exercised by SR 2002/134"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2002/1/section/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:21:42.141023+00:00"
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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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