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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-licensing-exempted-activities-amendment-order-northern-ireland-2022/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2022/68",
  "legislation_title": "The Marine Licensing (Exempted Activities) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-licensing-exempted-activities-amendment-order-northern-ireland-2022",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Environmental Protection\nMarine Licensing\nMade 25th February 2022\nComing into operation 1st April 2022\nThe Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, as the appropriate licensing authority under section 113(6)(b) of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 74(1), (2) and (3) and 316(1), having had regard to the matters mentioned in section 74(4) and having carried out consultation in accordance with section 74(5) of that Act, makes the following Order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Formerly the Department of the Environment which was dissolved by section 1(9) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 5 N.I.) and, by virtue of Article 8(1)(c) of the Departments (Transfer of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016 No. 76), its functions for the purposes of these Order were transferred to the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2022/68/introduction",
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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."
}