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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/waste-and-contaminated-land-1997-order-commencement-no-7-order-northern-ireland-2003/introduction",
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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": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION\nMade 27th November 2003\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, paragraph 11(2) of Schedule 12 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998 and paragraph 4(1)(b) of the Schedule to the Northern Ireland Act 2000 and of all other powers enabling it 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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1998 c. 47"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "2000 c. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/489/introduction",
    "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."
}