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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-processions-northern-ireland-act-1998-guidelines-order-1998/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/527",
  "legislation_title": "The Public Processions (Northern Ireland) Act 1998 (Guidelines) Order 1998",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NORTHERN IRELAND\nMade 2nd March 1998\nComing into force 3rd March 1998\nWhereas—\n(1) in pursuance of section 5 of the Public Processions (Northern Ireland) Act 1998 (“the 1998 Act”) the Parades Commission for Northern Ireland (“the Commission”) is required to issue a set of guidelines (“the guidelines”) as to the exercise of its functions under section 7 of the 1998 Act;\n(2) in pursuance of paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the 1998 Act, the Commission has prepared a draft of the guidelines and submitted the draft to the Secretary of State;\n(3) in pursuance of paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to the 1998 Act the Commission has sent the draft guidelines to the Secretary of State who has laid the draft before each House of Parliament:\nAnd whereas a draft of this Order has been approved by resolution of each House of Parliament:\nNow, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 to the 1998 Act, hereby orders as follows:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1998 c. 2."
    }
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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."
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