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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-northern-ireland-2014/section-74",
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  "legislation": "nia/2014/8",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 2014",
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  "path": "section/74",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "74",
  "heading": "Guidance",
  "text": "(1) The Department may issue guidance about—\n(a) any aspect of community planning;\n(b) the production and review of community plans;\n(c) the duties of a council and its community planning partners under sections 71 to 73.\n(2) Before issuing guidance under this section the Department must consult councils and—\n(a) such associations or bodies representative of councils;\n(b) such associations or bodies representative of officers of councils; and\n(c) such other persons or bodies,\nas appear to the Department to be appropriate.\n(3) A council and its community planning partners must have regard to any guidance issued under this section.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 74 in operation at 2.6.2014 for specified purposes by S.R. 2014/153, art. 3, Sch. 2"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2014/8/section/74",
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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."
}