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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1996/574",
  "legislation_title": "The Insolvency Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-regulations-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "INSOLVENCY\nMade 10th December 1996\nTo be laid before Parliament under paragraph 3(3) of Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Act 1974\nComing into operation 31st January 1997\nThe Department of Economic Development, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Rule 12.01 of the Insolvency Rules (Northern Ireland) 1991 and Article 359 of, and paragraph 27 of Schedule 5 and paragraph 28 of Schedule 6 to, the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. 1991 No. 364 amended by S.R. 1994 No. 26 and S.R. 1995 No. 291"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1989/2405 (N.I. 19); see Article 2(2) for the definition of “the Department”"
    }
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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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