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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-health-amendment-order-northern-ireland-2002/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2002/273",
  "legislation_title": "The Plant Health (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-health-amendment-order-northern-ireland-2002",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PLANT HEALTH\nMade 30th August 2002\nComing into operation 23rd September 2002\nThe Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 2, 3(1), 3A, 3B and 4(1) of the Plant Health Act (Northern Ireland) 1967 and of 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": "Formerly the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland; see S.1. 1999/283 (N.I. 1) Art. 3(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "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": "f3",
      "text": "As amended by S.R. & O. (N.I.) 1972 No. 351 Art. 3 and Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Inserted by S.I. 1975/1038 (N.I.8) Art. 11(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Inserted by S.I. 1984/702 (N.I.2) Art. 15(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "As amended by S.I. 1984/702 (N.I.2) Art. 15(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "1967 c. 28 (N.I.)"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2002/273/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."
}