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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/misuse-of-drugs-designation-order-northern-ireland-2001/article-1",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2001/431",
  "legislation_title": "Misuse of Drugs (Designation) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/misuse-of-drugs-designation-order-northern-ireland-2001",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation and commencement",
  "text": "This Order may be cited as the Misuse of Drugs (Designation) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on 1st February 2002.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 1 in operation at 1.2.2002, see art. 1"
    }
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      "affecting": "nisr/2001/431",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2001/431/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:09:31.416367+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."
}