{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-miscellaneous-provisions-northern-ireland-order-1992/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-miscellaneous-provisions-northern-ireland-order-1992/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1992/810",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-miscellaneous-provisions-northern-ireland-order-1992",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to Article 1 and the following provisions of this Order as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.\n(2) In this Order—\n“the Department” means the Department of the Environment;\n“the principal Act” means the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 .\n(3) Expressions used in this Order and in the principal Act have the same meaning in this Order as in that Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "1954 c. 33 (NI)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "1972 c. 9 (NI)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1992/810/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:45:11.607865+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."
}