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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-equipment-capacity-measures-regulations-northern-ireland-1998/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1998/48",
  "legislation_title": "Measuring Equipment (Capacity Measures) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-equipment-capacity-measures-regulations-northern-ireland-1998",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "WEIGHTS AND MEASURES\nMade 24th February 1998\nComing into operation 1st April 1998\nThe Department of Economic Development, in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 8(1), 9(1), (3) and (4), and 13(1) and (2) of the Weights and Measures (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 and now vested in it and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1981/231 (N.I. 10)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "By S.I. 1982/846 (N.I. 11) Art. 4"
    }
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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."
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