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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-rateable-value-order-northern-ireland-1997/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1997/106",
  "legislation_title": "The Railways (Rateable Value) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-rateable-value-order-northern-ireland-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "RATING AND VALUATION\nMade 26th February 1997\nTo be laid before Parliament under paragraph 3(3) of Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Act 1974\nComing into operation 1st April 1997\nThe Department of Finance and Personnel after consultation with the Association of Local Authorities of Northern Ireland (being an Association which appears to the Department to be representative of District Councils) in exercise of powers conferred on it by Article 39(3) of, and paragraph 5 of Part IV of Schedule 12 to the Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Formerly the Department of Finance. See S.I. 1982/338 (N.I. 6) Article 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1977/2157 (N.I. 28); paragraph 5 of Part 4 of Schedule 12 was amended by Article 12 of the Rates (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/3162 (N.I. 25)) Article 12(c)"
    }
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/106/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."
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