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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-social-services-direct-payments-1996-order-commencement-order-northern-ireland-1997/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1997/133",
  "legislation_title": "The Personal Social Services (Direct Payments) (1996 Order) (Commencement) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-social-services-direct-payments-1996-order-commencement-order-northern-ireland-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "HEALTH AND PERSONAL SOCIAL SERVICES\nMade 6th March 1997\nThe Department of Health and Social Services, in exercise of the power conferred on it by Article 1(2) of the Personal Social Services (Direct Payments) (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
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  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
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      "text": "S.I. 1996/1923 (N.I. 19)"
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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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