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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-rateable-value-order-northern-ireland-2003/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2003/76",
  "legislation_title": "The Railways (Rateable Value) Order (Northern Ireland) 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-rateable-value-order-northern-ireland-2003",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "RATES\nMade 14th February 2003\nTo be laid before Parliament under paragraph 7(3) of the Schedule to the Northern Ireland Act 2000\nComing into operation 1st April 2003\nThe Department of Finance and Personnel, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 2(2) and 39(2) and (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, and after consultation with the Northern Ireland Local Government Association (being an association which appears to the Department to be representative of district councils), hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "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": "See the definition of “the Department”"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 1977/2157 (N.I. 28); paragraph 5 of Part IV of Schedule 12 was amended by Article 12(c) of the Rates (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1996, (S.I. 1996/3162 (N.I. 25))"
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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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