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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/valuation-for-rating-plant-and-machinery-order-northern-ireland-2003/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2003/31",
  "legislation_title": "Valuation for Rating (Plant and Machinery) Order (Northern Ireland) 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/valuation-for-rating-plant-and-machinery-order-northern-ireland-2003",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "RATES\nMade 23rd January 2003\nTo be laid before Parliament under paragraph 7(3) of theSchedule to the Northern Ireland Act 2000\nComing into operation 1st April 2003\nThe Department of Finance and Personnel, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Article 39(2) and (3) of, and paragraph 4 of Part III of Schedule 12 to, the Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, and after consultation with the Northern Ireland Local Government Association (being an association which appears to the Department to be representative of district councils), hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Formerly the Department of Finance. See S.I. 1982/338 (N.I. 6) Article 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1977/2157 (N.I. 8); paragraph 4 of Part III of Schedule 12 was amended by Article 12 of the Rates (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/3162 (N.I. 25)) Article 12(b)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/31/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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