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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-1995-order-commencement-order-northern-ireland-1997/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1997/253",
  "legislation_title": "The Road Traffic (1995 Order) (Commencement) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-1995-order-commencement-order-northern-ireland-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ROAD TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES\nMade 27th May 1997\nThe Department of the Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Article 1(3) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 and paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Act 1974 and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1995/2994 (N.I. 18)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1974 c. 28"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/253/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."
}