{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rates-regional-rates-order-northern-ireland-2016/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rates-regional-rates-order-northern-ireland-2016/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2016/16",
  "legislation_title": "The Rates (Regional Rates) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rates-regional-rates-order-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Rates\nMade 22nd January 2016\nAffirmed by resolution of the Assembly on 22nd February 2016\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 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": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/16/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."
}