{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/strategic-planning-northern-ireland-order-1999/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/strategic-planning-northern-ireland-order-1999/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1999/660",
  "legislation_title": "The Strategic Planning (Northern Ireland) Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/strategic-planning-northern-ireland-order-1999",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) The 1954 c. 33 (N.I.). Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to Article 1 and the following provisions of this Order as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.\n(2) In this Order “the Department” means the Department for Regional Development.\n(3) This Order shall be construed as one with the Planning Act (Northern Ireland) 2011",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 2(3) substituted (13.2.2015 for specified purposes, 1.4.2015 in so far as not already in operation) by Planning Act (Northern-Ireland) 2011 (c. 25), s. 254(1)(2), Sch. 6 para. 90 (with s. 211); S.R. 2015/49, arts. 2, 3, Sch. 1 (with Sch. 2)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1999/660/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:40:45.379125+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}