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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pre-release-access-to-official-statistics-order-northern-ireland-2009/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2009/71",
  "legislation_title": "The Pre-release Access to Official Statistics Order (Northern Ireland) 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pre-release-access-to-official-statistics-order-northern-ireland-2009",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "OFFICIAL STATISTICS\nMade 2nd March 2009\nAffirmed by resolution of the Assembly 31st March 2009\nComing into operation in accordance with Article 1\nThe Department of Finance and Personnel for Northern Ireland makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 11(2), (4), (5) and (6) of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007.\nIn accordance with section 11(7) of that Act the Department of Finance and Personnel for Northern Ireland has consulted the Statistics Board, the Minister for the Cabinet Office, the Scottish Ministers and the Welsh Ministers.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2007 c. 18"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The Statistics Board is also known as the UK Statistics Authority"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2009/71/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."
}