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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-constituting-a-joint-committee-order-northern-ireland-2009/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-constituting-a-joint-committee-order-northern-ireland-2009/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2009/11",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government (Constituting a Joint Committee) Order (Northern Ireland) 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-constituting-a-joint-committee-order-northern-ireland-2009",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "The rural development joint council committees",
  "text": "(1) The following rural development joint council committees are established:\n(a) North West Joint Committee, comprising—\n(i) Derry City Council;\n(ii) Limavady Borough Council;\n(iii) Omagh District Council; and\n(iv) Strabane District Council.\n(b) Down Rural Area Partnership Joint Committee, comprising—\n(i) Ards Borough Council;\n(ii) Banbridge District Council;\n(iii) Down District Council; and\n(iv) North Down Borough Council.\n(c) Generating Rural Opportunities Within (GROW) South Antrim Joint Committee, comprising—\n(i) Antrim Borough Council;\n(ii) Carrickfergus Borough Council; and\n(iii) Newtownabbey Borough Council.\n(d) Craigavon, Armagh, and Newry & Mourne Council Cluster Joint Committee, comprising—\n(i) Armagh City and District Council;\n(ii) Craigavon Borough Council; and\n(iii) Newry and Mourne District Council.\n(e) Lagan Rural Partnership Joint Committee, comprising—\n(i) Belfast City Council;\n(ii) Castlereagh Borough Council; and\n(iii) Lisburn City Council.\n(f) North East Joint Committee, comprising—\n(i) Ballymena Borough Council;\n(ii) Ballymoney Borough Council;\n(iii) Coleraine Borough Council;\n(iv) Larne Borough Council; and\n(v) Moyle District Council.\n(g) Cookstown, Dungannon, Fermanagh and Magherafelt District Councils Joint Committee, comprising—\n(i) Cookstown District Council;\n(ii) Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council;\n(iii) Fermanagh District Council; and\n(iv) Magherafelt District Council.\n(2) A rural development joint council committee shall be a body corporate.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2009/11/article/3",
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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."
}