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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-emergency-provisions-act-1978-amendment-order-1990/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1990/758",
  "legislation_title": "The Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1978 (Amendment) Order 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-emergency-provisions-act-1978-amendment-order-1990",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Order made by the Secretary of State and laid before Parliament under section 32(4) of the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1978, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament within 40 days after the day on which the Order was made, subject to extension for periods of dissolution, prorogation or adjournment for more than four days.\nNORTHERN IRELAND\nMade 28th March 1990\nLaid before Parliament 28th March 1990\nComing into force 29th March 1990\nWhereas, under section 21(4) of the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1978, the Secretary of State may by order add to Schedule 2 to that Act any organisation that appears to him to be concerned in terrorism or in promoting or encouraging it:\nAnd whereas it appears to me that by reason of urgency it is necessary to make this Order without a draft thereof having been approved by resolution of each House of Parliament:\nNow, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred upon me by section 21(4) of the said Act of 1978, I hereby make the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1978 c. 5; section 21 was amended by section 9 of the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1987 (c. 30)."
    }
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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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