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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-miscellaneous-provisions-act-northern-ireland-2010/section-25",
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  "legislation": "nia/2010/7",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-miscellaneous-provisions-act-northern-ireland-2010",
  "path": "section/25",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "25",
  "heading": "Interpretation of this Act",
  "text": "In this Act—\n“the Department” means the Department of the Environment;\n“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations;\n“regulations” means regulations made by the Department;\n“statutory provision” has the meaning given by section 1(f) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 (c. 33).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2010/7/section/25",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:21:08.220787+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."
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