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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/licensing-northern-ireland-order-1990/article-3",
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  "legislation": "nisi/1990/594",
  "legislation_title": "The Licensing (Northern Ireland) Order 1990",
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  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Prohibition on sale of intoxicating liquor without a licence",
  "text": "Except as permitted by this Order, it shall be unlawful for any person to sell intoxicating liquor by retail unless he holds a licence authorising him to do so in the course of a business carried on in premises specified in the licence.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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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."
}