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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-driving-licences-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-1997/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1997/383",
  "legislation_title": "Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-driving-licences-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ROAD TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES\nMade 19th August 1997\nComing into operation 1st October 1997\nThe Department of the Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 4(7) and (8), 5(3) and (4), 13(1), 19C, 73(1) and (3), 74(4), 180(3A) and 218(1) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, and in accordance with Article 19C(3) of that Order with the approval of the Department of Finance and Personnel as regards regulations 4, 7, 22 and 23, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1981/154 (N.I. 1); see Article 2(2) for the definition of “Department” and “prescribed”; Articles 4, 5, 13 and 19C were substituted by S.I. 1991/197 (N.I. 3), Schedule 1; Articles 73 and 74 were substituted by S.I. 1991/197 (N.I. 3), Schedule 3; Articles 5(4), 13(1), 19C(1) and 73(3) were amended by S.R. 1996 No. 426, Schedule 1, paragraphs 2, 5, 11 and 15 respectively; Articles 5, 19C, 73, 74 and 180 were amended by S.I. 1996/1320 (N.I. 10), Schedule 3, paragraphs 3, 8, 10, 11 and 21 respectively"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Formerly the Department of Finance; see S.I. 1982/338 (N.I. 6), Article 3"
    }
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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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