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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rates-regional-rates-order-northern-ireland-2026/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2026/19",
  "legislation_title": "The Rates (Regional Rates) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rates-regional-rates-order-northern-ireland-2026",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Order laid before the Assembly under Article 7(1) of the Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 and subject to affirmative resolution procedure of the Assembly\nRates\nMade 19th February 2026\nComing into operation in accordance with Article 1\nThe Department of Finance 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": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The Department of Finance and Personnel was renamed the Department of Finance by section 1(4) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c.5 (N.I.))"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1977/2157 (N.I. 28)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "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))"
    }
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2026/19/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:24:26.707768+00:00"
  },
  "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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