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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/waste-and-contaminated-land-northern-ireland-order-1997/article-48",
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  "legislation": "nisi/1997/2778",
  "legislation_title": "The Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/waste-and-contaminated-land-northern-ireland-order-1997",
  "path": "article/48",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "48",
  "heading": "This Part and radioactive substances",
  "text": "Except as provided by regulations under this Article, nothing in this Part applies to radioactive waste within the meaning of the 1993 c. 12. Radioactive Substances Act 1993; but regulations may—\n(a) provide for prescribed provisions of this Part to have effect with such modifications as the Department considers appropriate for the purposes of dealing with such radioactive waste;\n(b) make such modifications of the Radioactive Substances Act 1993 and any other statutory provision as the Department considers appropriate.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1997/2778/article/48",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:41:15.100824+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."
}