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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/safeguarding-vulnerable-groups-regulated-activity-transitional-provisions-and-commencement-no-4-order-northern-ireland-2009/article-1",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2009/304",
  "legislation_title": "Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Regulated Activity, Transitional Provisions and Commencement No. 4) Order (Northern Ireland) 2009",
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  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation and commencement",
  "text": "This Order may be cited as the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Regulated Activity, Transitional Provisions and Commencement No. 4) Order (Northern Ireland) 2009 and comes into operation on 12th October 2009.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 1 in operation at 12.10.2009, see art. 1"
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  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2009/304/article/1",
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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."
}