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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/waste-and-contaminated-land-1997-order-commencement-no-6-order-northern-ireland-2002/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2002/185",
  "legislation_title": "The Waste and Contaminated Land (1997 Order) (Commencement No. 6) Order (Northern Ireland) 2002",
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  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order.)\nThis Order brings into operation on 3rd June 2002 Article 5 of the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 which imposes a duty of care on anyone who imports, produces, carries, keeps, treats or disposes of controlled waste or, as a broker, has control of such waste and which enables the Department to make regulations in relation to the duty of care and issue a code of practice for the purpose of providing practical guidance on how to discharge the duty.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2002/185/note",
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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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