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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/waste-and-contaminated-land-1997-order-commencement-no-7-order-northern-ireland-2003/article-1",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2003/489",
  "legislation_title": "The Waste and Contaminated Land (1997 Order) (Commencement No. 7) Order (Northern Ireland) 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/waste-and-contaminated-land-1997-order-commencement-no-7-order-northern-ireland-2003",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Waste and Contaminated Land (1997 Order) (Commencement No. 7) Order (Northern Ireland) 2003.\n(2) In this Order –\n“the 1978 Order” means the Pollution Control and Local Government (Northern Ireland) Order 1978;\n“the 1997 Order” means the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997;\n“appointed day” means the day specified in Article 2; and\n“appropriate date” in relation to an appeal means the date on which –\n(a) the period for appealing expires without an appeal being made;\n(b) any appeal is withdrawn;\n(c) the appeal is determined in a case where the appeal is dismissed; or\n(d) effect is given to the determination of the appeal in a case where the appeal is allowed.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1978/1049 (N.I. 19)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/489/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:00:22.184964+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}