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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-tenancies-coronavirus-modifications-act-northern-ireland-2020/section-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-tenancies-coronavirus-modifications-act-northern-ireland-2020/section-4.json",
  "legislation": "nia/2020/2",
  "legislation_title": "Private Tenancies (Coronavirus Modifications) Act (Northern Ireland) 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-tenancies-coronavirus-modifications-act-northern-ireland-2020",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Act—\n“the Department” means the Department for Communities;\n“the emergency period” has the meaning given by section 1(2).\n(2) Expressions used in this Act and in the Private Tenancies (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 have the meaning given in that Order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2020/2/section/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:19:43.685792+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}