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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/licensing-northern-ireland-order-1990/schedule-2/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "nisi/1990/594",
  "legislation_title": "The Licensing (Northern Ireland) Order 1990",
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  "number": "1",
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  "text": "Except in the circumstances mentioned in paragraph 2 or 3, a licence shall be treated as a subsisting licence only if the business authorised by the licence has been regularly carried on throughout, or for a substantial part of, the year immediately preceding the date of its surrender or, where the licence has not been in force for a year, the period from the date when it was granted to the date of its surrender.",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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