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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-2011-act-commencement-no3-and-transitional-provisions-order-northern-ireland-2015/article-1",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2015/49",
  "legislation_title": "The Planning (2011 Act) (Commencement No.3) and (Transitional Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-2011-act-commencement-no3-and-transitional-provisions-order-northern-ireland-2015",
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  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Planning (2011 Act) (Commencement No.3) and (Transitional Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015.\n(2) In this Order\n“2011 Act” means the Planning Act (Northern Ireland) 2011;\n“1991 Order” means the Planning (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 ;\n“council” means a district council;\n“PAC” means the Planning Appeals Commission;\n“transfer date” means 1st April 2015.\n(3) In this Order references to a section are to a section of the 2011 Act and references to an Article are to an Article of the 1991 Order unless otherwise stated.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "S.I. 1991/1220 (N.I. 11) as amended by S.I. 2003/430 (N.I. 7), S.I. 2006/1252 (N.I. 7) and 2011 c.25 (N.I.)"
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/49/article/1",
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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."
}