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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulation-of-investigatory-powers-act-2000-amendment-order-northern-ireland-2002/article-3",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2002/183",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2002",
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  "path": "article/3",
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  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000",
  "text": "In Part I of Schedule 1 after paragraph 23 there shall be added the following paragraphs—\n“Northern Ireland authorities\n23A. The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.\n23B. The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment.\n23C. The Department of the Environment.\n23D. Any district council (within the meaning of section 44 of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954).”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1954 c. 33 (N.I.); section 44 was amended by section 149 of, and Schedule 8 to, the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 (1972 c. 9 (N.I.))"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2002/183/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:07:35.161624+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."
}