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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-health-amendment-no-2-order-northern-ireland-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1996/249",
  "legislation_title": "Plant Health (Amendment No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-health-amendment-no-2-order-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PLANT HEALTH\nMade 25th June 1996\nComing into operation 29th July 1996\nThe Department of Agriculture, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 2 and 3(1), 3A, 3B(1) and 4(1) of the Plant Health Act (Northern Ireland) 1967 and of all powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "As amended by S.R. & O. (N.I.) 1972 No. 351 Art. 3 and Sch. 2; s. 177(1) and Sch. 4 Pt. II; and S.I. 1984/702 (N.I. 2) Art. 15(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "As amended by S.R. & O. (N.I.) 1972 No. 351 Art. 3 and Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Inserted by S.I. 1975/1038 (N.I. 8) Art. 11(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Inserted by S.I. 1984/702 (N.I. 2) Art. 15(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "As amended by S.I. 1984/702 (N.I. 2) Art. 15(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "1967 c. 28 (N.I.)"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/249/introduction",
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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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