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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-abstraction-and-impoundment-licensing-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2006/482",
  "legislation_title": "Water Abstraction and Impoundment (Licensing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "environmental protection\nMade 27th November 2006\nComing into operation- 1st February 2007\nThe Department of the Environment makes the following Regulations in exercise of its powers under Articles 20(1), (3) and (4), 30(1) and 61(2) of the Water (Northern Ireland) Order 1999:",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1999/662 (N.I. 6) as amended by S.I. 2006/1946 (N.I. 15)"
    }
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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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