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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-elections-act-1998commencement-order-1998/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/1313",
  "legislation_title": "The Northern Ireland (Elections) Act 1998(Commencement) Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-elections-act-1998commencement-order-1998",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NORTHERN IRELAND\nMade 27th May 1998\nWhereas a referendum has been held about the agreement reached at the multi-party talks on Northern Ireland set out in Command Paper 3883 and a majority of those voting supported the agreement;\nNow, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred upon me by section 8(2) of the Northern Ireland (Elections) Act 1998, I hereby make the following Order:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1998 c. 12."
    }
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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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