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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-fixed-penalty-procedure-regulations-northern-ireland-1997/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-fixed-penalty-procedure-regulations-northern-ireland-1997/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1997/374",
  "legislation_title": "Road Traffic Fixed Penalty (Procedure) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-fixed-penalty-procedure-regulations-northern-ireland-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE\nMade 14th August 1997\nComing into operation 1st October 1997\nThe Department of the Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 62(3), 71(8) and 88(1) of the Road Traffic Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1996, and after consultation with the organisations mentioned in Article 91(1) of that Order, hereby makes the following Regulations—",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1996/1320 (N.I. 10); see Article 2(3) of S.I. 1996/1320 (N.I. 10) and Article 2(2) of S.I. 1995/2994 (N.I. 18) for the definition of “the Department” and, in relation to Article 71(8) of S.I. 1996/1320 (N.I. 10), the definition of “prescribed”"
    }
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/374/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."
}