{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-miscellaneous-provisions-northern-ireland-order-1995/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-miscellaneous-provisions-northern-ireland-order-1995/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1995/759",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-miscellaneous-provisions-northern-ireland-order-1995",
  "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/1995/759/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:44:23.631208+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."
}