{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-companies-best-value-order-northern-ireland-2006/article-1",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2006/500",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government Companies (Best Value) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-companies-best-value-order-northern-ireland-2006",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Local Government Companies (Best Value) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006 and shall come into operation on 22nd January 2007.\n(2) In this Order—\n“company” has the meaning assigned to it by Article 3 of the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986; and\n“specified functions” means functions of district councils under legislation specified in the Schedule.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 1 in operation at 22.1.2007, see art. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1986/1032 (N.I. 6)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/500/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:43:49.931756+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."
}