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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/roads-environmental-impact-assessment-regulations-northern-ireland-2007/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2007/346",
  "legislation_title": "The Roads (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/roads-environmental-impact-assessment-regulations-northern-ireland-2007",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES\nROADS\nMade 25th July 2007\nComing into operation 10th September 2007\nThe Department for Regional Development makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and section 56(1) and (5) of the Finance Act 1973.\nThe Department for Regional Development is a department designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to measures relating to the requirement for an assessment of the impact on the environment of projects likely to have significant effects on the environment.\nThese Regulations are made with the consent of the Department of Finance and Personnel in accordance with section 56(1) and (5) of the Finance Act 1973:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c. 68"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1973 c. 51"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 1988/785"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Formerly the Department of Finance; see S.I. 1982/338 (N.I. 6), Art. 3"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2007/346/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."
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