{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-northern-ireland-order-2005/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-northern-ireland-order-2005/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/2005/1968",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government (Northern Ireland) Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-northern-ireland-order-2005",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Title and commencement",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Local Government (Northern Ireland) Order 2005.\n(2) Parts II and III come into operation on such day or days as the Department may by order appoint.\n(3) An order under paragraph (2) may contain such transitional provisions and savings as the Department thinks appropriate.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "P",
      "label": "P1",
      "text": "Art. 1(2) power partly exercised: 1.11.2005 appointed for specified provisions by S.R. 2005/465, art. 2; 1.4.2006 appointed for specified provisions by S.R. 2006/151, art. 2 (with savings in arts 3, 4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2005/1968/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:39:34.799190+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."
}