{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rates-regional-rates-order-northern-ireland-2012/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rates-regional-rates-order-northern-ireland-2012/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2012/46",
  "legislation_title": "The Rates (Regional Rates) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rates-regional-rates-order-northern-ireland-2012",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Rates\nMade 16th February 2012\nAffirmed by resolution of the Assembly on 12th March 2012\nComing into operation in accordance with Article 1\nThe Department of Finance and Personnel makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 7(1) and (3) of the Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977.\nIn accordance with Article 7(4) of that Order it has taken into consideration estimates of the amounts required to be raised by district rates.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1977/2157 (N.I. 28)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Article 7(4) was amended by Article 10 of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to, the Rates (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/3164 (N.I. 22))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2012/46/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."
}