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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-processions-northern-ireland-act-1998-procedural-rules-order-1998/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/526",
  "legislation_title": "The Public Processions (Northern Ireland) Act 1998 (Procedural Rules) Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-processions-northern-ireland-act-1998-procedural-rules-order-1998",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "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 4 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 rules (“the procedural rules”) for the purpose of regulating and prescribing the practice and procedure to be followed by the Commission in exercising the functions mentioned in section 2(2) of the 1998 Act and by other persons or bodies in their dealings with the Commission in connection with the exercise of those functions;\n(2) in pursuance of paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the 1998 Act, the Commission has prepared a draft of the procedural rules 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 procedural rules 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": [
    {
      "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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