{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/price-marking-order-northern-ireland-2004/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/price-marking-order-northern-ireland-2004/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2004/368",
  "legislation_title": "Price Marking Order (Northern Ireland) 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/price-marking-order-northern-ireland-2004",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "CONSUMER PROTECTION\nMade 27th August 2004\nComing into operation 1st March 2005\nThe Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 4 of the Prices Act 1974 and now vested in it and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, having consulted, in such manner as appeared to it to be appropriate having regard to the subject-matter and urgency of the Order, with such organisations representative of interests substantially affected by the Order as appeared to it, having regard to those matters, to be appropriate, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Formerly known as the Department of Economic Development; see S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1), Art. 3(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1974 c. 24; section 4 was amended by the Price Commission Act 1977 (c. 33), section 16(1) to (3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "By S.I. 1982/846 (N.I. 11), Art. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "See 1974 c. 24; see section 2(6) as applied by section 4(3)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2004/368/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."
}