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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-environment-floods-directive-amendment-no-2-regulations-northern-ireland-2018/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2018/196",
  "legislation_title": "The Water Environment (Floods Directive) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Environmental Protection\nMade 27th November 2018\nComing into operation 21st December 2018\nThe Department for Infrastructure, being a Department designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the environment makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by that Section.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2008/301 to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c. 68"
    }
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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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