{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-health-amendment-order-northern-ireland-1997/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1997/110",
  "legislation_title": "Plant Health (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-health-amendment-order-northern-ireland-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PLANT HEALTH\nMade 26th February 1997\nComing into operation 1st April 1997\nThe Department of Agriculture, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 2, 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; 1979 c. 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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  },
  "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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