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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheep-annual-premium-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheep-annual-premium-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1996/497",
  "legislation_title": "The Sheep Annual Premium (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheep-annual-premium-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "AGRICULTURE\nMade 18th October 1996\nComing into operation 15th November 1996\nThe Department of Agriculture being a Department designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by the said section 2(2) and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1972/1811"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c. 68; section 2 is subject to Schedule 2 to that Act and is to be read with S.I. 1984/703 (N.I. 3), S.R. (N.I.) 1984 No. 253 and S.I. 1994/2795 (N.I. 15)"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/497/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."
}