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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/official-statistics-amendment-order-northern-ireland-2021/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2021/127",
  "legislation_title": "The Official Statistics (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/official-statistics-amendment-order-northern-ireland-2021",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Official Statistics\nAffirmed by resolution of the Assembly on 14th June 2021Made 13th May 2021\nComing into operation in accordance with Article 1\nThe Department of Finance , in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 6 (1)(b)(iv) and (2) of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 , makes the following Order.\nIn accordance with section 6 (3) of that Act, the Department of Finance has consulted the Statistics Board .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Formerly the Department of Finance and Personnel, see section 1(4) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Departments Act (NI) 2016 c. 5 (N.I.)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2007 c. 18."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "The Statistics Board is also known as the UK Statistics Authority."
    }
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2021/127/introduction",
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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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