{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-health-amendment-no2-order-northern-ireland-2012/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-health-amendment-no2-order-northern-ireland-2012/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2012/241",
  "legislation_title": "The Plant Health (Amendment No.2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-health-amendment-no2-order-northern-ireland-2012",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Plant Health\nMade 18th June 2012\nComing into operation 16th July 2012\nThe Department of Agriculture and Rural Development makes the following Order, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 2, 3 and 4(1) of the Plant Health Act (Northern Ireland) 1967.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Formerly the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland; see S.I. 1999/283 (N.I.1), Article 3(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1967 c.68 (N.I.); sections 2, 3 and 4(1) were amended by S.R. & O. (N.I.) 1972 No.351, Art. 3 and Sch.2. Section 2 was amended by 1979 c.2, s.177(1) and Sch.4, Pt II. Sections 2 and 4(1) were amended by S.I. 1984/702 (N.I.2), Art. 15(2). Section 3B was inserted by S.I. 1984/702 (N.I.2) Art. 15(2). Section 3B(1A) was inserted by 2010 c.10 (N.I.), s.14(2)."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2012/241/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."
}