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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/violent-offences-prevention-order-notification-requirements-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2016/145",
  "legislation_title": "The Violent Offences Prevention Order (Notification Requirements) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/violent-offences-prevention-order-notification-requirements-regulations-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Criminal Law\nLaid before the Assembly in draft\nMade 8th March 2016\nComing into operation in accordance with Regulation 1(2)\nThe Department of Justice makes the following Regulations, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 65(2)(h),66(2)(d) and (3)(d),67(5)(a) and 69 of the Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015.\nIn accordance with section 102(2) of that Act, a draft of these Regulations was laid before, and approved by a resolution of, the Assembly.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2015 c.9 (N.I.)."
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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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