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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-general-development-amendment-order-northern-ireland-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1996/232",
  "legislation_title": "Planning (General Development) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-general-development-amendment-order-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PLANNING\nMade 12th June 1996\nComing into operation 19th July 1996\nThe Department of the Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Article 13 of the Planning (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 and all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1991/1220 (N.I. 11); see Article 2(2) for the definition of “Department”"
    }
  ],
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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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