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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-1998-appointed-day-order-1999/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/3208",
  "legislation_title": "The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Appointed Day) Order 1999",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NORTHERN IRELAND\nCONSTITUTIONAL LAW\nMade 1st December 1999\nComing into force 2nd December 1999\nAt the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 1st day of December 1999\nPresent,\nThe Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council\nWhereas, it having appeared to the Secretary of State that sufficient progress had been made in implementing the agreement reached at multi-party talks on Northern Ireland set out in Command Paper 3883 (“the Belfast Agreement”), he laid before Parliament the draft of this Order:\nAnd whereas the draft Order has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament:\nAnd whereas the Secretary of State has submitted the draft Order to Her Majesty in Council:\nNow, therefore, Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 3(2) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:–",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1998 c. 47."
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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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