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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-order-amendment-northern-ireland-order-1997/note",
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  "legislation": "nisi/1997/1181",
  "legislation_title": "The Public Order (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-order-amendment-northern-ireland-order-1997",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order amends the Public Order (Northern Ireland) Order 1987—\n(a) to increase the period of notice to be given of a public procession and alter the form of, and details to be included in, any such notice; and\n(b) to empower the police to confiscate alcohol from persons taking part in, travelling to, or present at or in the vicinity of, a public procession.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1997/1181/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:41:22.105927+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."
}