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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-health-amendment-order-northern-ireland-1998/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1998/16",
  "legislation_title": "The Plant Health (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-health-amendment-order-northern-ireland-1998",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PLANT HEALTH\nMade 26th January 1998\nComing into operation 2nd March 1998\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 make 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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