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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-environmental-impact-assessment-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/schedule-5/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2015/74",
  "legislation_title": "The Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015",
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  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/2",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these regulations as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.\n(2) In these regulations—\n“the 2011 Act” means the Planning Act (Northern Ireland) 2011;”\n“council” means a district council;”\n“local advertisement”, in relation to a notice, means—\n(a)by publication of the notice in at least one newspaper circulating in the locality in which the land to which the application or appeal relates is situated; and\n(b)where the Department, council or the Commission maintain a website for the purpose of advertisement of applications, by publication of the notice on the website;",
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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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