{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/licensing-sample-regulations-northern-ireland-2022/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/licensing-sample-regulations-northern-ireland-2022/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2022/78",
  "legislation_title": "The Licensing (Sample) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/licensing-sample-regulations-northern-ireland-2022",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Licensing\nMade 2nd March 2022\nComing into operation 7th April 2022\nThe Department for Communities makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Article 52B(3) of the Licensing (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 and now vested in it.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Formerly the Department for Social Development see section 1(7) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (2016 c. 5 (N.I.))"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1996 No. 3158 Article 52B(3) was inserted by section 10(3) of the Licensing and Registration of Clubs (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2021 (2021 c. 7 (N.I.))"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See Article 8(b) of and Part II of Schedule 6 to the Departments (Transfer and Assignment of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999 (S.R. 1999 No. 481)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2022/78/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:35:27.634079+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}