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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/waste-and-contaminated-land-1997-order-commencement-no-5-order-northern-ireland-2001/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2001/40",
  "legislation_title": "The Waste and Contaminated Land (1997 Order) (Commencement No. 5) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/waste-and-contaminated-land-1997-order-commencement-no-5-order-northern-ireland-2001",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION\nMade 31st January 2001\nThe Minister of the Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by Article 1(2) of the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 and of every other power enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1997/2778 (N.I. 19) and section 95 of and paragraph 11(2) of Schedule 12 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998 c. 47"
    }
  ],
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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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