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  "legislation": "nisr/2015/209",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government (2014 Act) (Commencement No. 4) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015",
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  "heading": "Provisions of the Act coming into operation on 1st April 2015",
  "text": "Section/Schedule\nTitle\nSection 2(2) and (3)\nConstitutions of councils\nSection 3\nDisqualifications for being councillors\nSection 4\nDisqualification of councillors for being independent members of policing and community safety partnerships\nSection 66\nCommunity planning\nSection 68\nProduction of community plan\nSection 69\nDuty to review community plan\nSection 70\nReview of community plan\nSection 71\nMonitoring\nSection 72\nImplementation\nSection 73\nCommunity involvement\nSection 75\nDuties of departments in relation to community planning\nSection 76\nEstablishment of bodies corporate\nSection 77\nAmendments of the Planning Act (Northern Ireland) 2011\nSection 79\nCouncil’s general power of competence\nSection 80\nBoundaries of the general power\nSection 81\nLimits on charging in exercise of general power\nSection 82\nPowers to make supplemental provision\nSection 83\nLimits on power conferred by section 82(1)\nSection 84\nImprovement: general duty\nSection 85\nImprovement objectives\nSection 86\nImprovement: supplementary\nSection 87\nConsultation on improvement duties\nSection 88\nAppropriate arrangements under sections 84(1) and 85(2)\nSection 89\nPerformance indicators and performance standards\nSection 90\nCollection of information relating to performance\nSection 91(3)\nUse of performance information\nSection 92(4)-(6)\nImprovement planning and publication of improvement information\nSection 94\nImprovement assessments\nSection 98\nSpecial inspections\nSection 99\nReports of special inspections\nSection 100\nPowers of direction, etc.\nSection 101\nPower to modify statutory provisions and confer new powers\nSection 102\nApplication of certain local government audit provisions\nSection 104\nPower of any Northern Ireland department to direct council to make reports etc.\nSection 105\nInquiries and investigations\nSection 106\nPower of any Northern Ireland department to intervene in case of default by council\nSection 107\nInternational obligations\nSection 117\nPayments for special purposes and public appeals\nSection 128(2)\nMinor and consequential amendments and repeals\nSchedule 10\nRepeals",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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