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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/waste-and-contaminated-land-1997-order-commencement-no-1-order-northern-ireland-1998/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1998/288",
  "legislation_title": "The Waste and Contaminated Land (1997 Order) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 1998",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION\nMade 14th August 1998\nThe Department of the Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Article 1(2) of the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 and paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Act 1974 and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1977/2778 (N.I. 19)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1974 c. 28"
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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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