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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/waste-and-contaminated-land-1997-order-commencement-no-7-order-northern-ireland-2003/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2003/489",
  "legislation_title": "The Waste and Contaminated Land (1997 Order) (Commencement No. 7) Order (Northern Ireland) 2003",
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  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations.)\nThis Order brings into operation on 27th November 2003 certain provisions of the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 (“the 1997 Order”) which will enable the Department to make regulations relating to waste management licensing. The Order also brings into operation certain miscellaneous provisions of the 1997 Order.\nThe Order also repeals those parts of the Pollution Control and Local Government (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 which are to be replaced by the 1997 Order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/489/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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