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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rural-development-programme-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2015/326",
  "legislation_title": "The Rural Development Programme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rural-development-programme-regulations-northern-ireland-2015",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Agriculture\nRural Development\nMade 4th September 2015\nComing into operation 5th October 2015\nThe Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 as regards matters relating to the common agricultural policy of the European Union and matters relating to the promotion of rural development.\nThe Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, makes the following Regulations.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2000/2812 to which there are amendments not relevant to the subject matter of these Regulations and S.I. 2000/3238"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c. 68"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/326/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."
}