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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/official-statistics-order-northern-ireland-2012/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2012/2",
  "legislation_title": "The Official Statistics Order (Northern Ireland) 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/official-statistics-order-northern-ireland-2012",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Official Statistics\nMade 5th January 2012\nAffirmed by resolution of the Assembly on 21st February 2012\nComing into operation in accordance with Article 1\nThe Department of Finance and Personnel for Northern Ireland makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by 6 (1)(b) and (2) of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007.\nIn accordance with section 6 (3) of that Act the Department of Finance and Personnel for Northern Ireland has consulted the Statistics Board.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2007 c.18."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The Statistics Board is also known as the UK Statistics Authority."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2012/2/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."
}