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  "legislation": "nisr/2017/83",
  "legislation_title": "The Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017",
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  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Prohibition on granting planning permission or subsequent consent without an environmental impact assessment",
  "text": "A council, the Department or the Commission shall not grant planning permission or subsequent consent for EIA development unless an environmental impact assessment has been carried out in respect of that development.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "Reg. 4 in operation at 16.5.2017, see reg. 1"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2017/83/regulation/4",
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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."
}