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  "legislation": "nisr/2009/376",
  "legislation_title": "The Water Environment (Floods Directive) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-environment-floods-directive-regulations-northern-ireland-2009",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Environmental Protection\nMade 20th November 2009\nComing into operation 14th December 2009\nThe Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, 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": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2008/301"
    },
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      "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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