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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-miscellaneous-foods-amendment-order-northern-ireland-2005/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2005/516",
  "legislation_title": "Weights and Measures (Miscellaneous Foods) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-miscellaneous-foods-amendment-order-northern-ireland-2005",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "WEIGHTS AND MEASURES\nMade 23rd November 2005\nComing into operation 19th December 2005\nWhereas the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment (“the Department”) pursuant to Article 48(2) of the Weights and Measures (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 has consulted with organisations appearing to it to be representative of interests substantially affected by this Order and considered the representations made to it by such organisations with respect to the subject matter of this Order;\nNow therefore, the Department, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 19(2), (3) and (7) of that Order and now vested in it and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Formerly the Department of Economic Development; see S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1), Art. 3(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1981/231 (N.I. 10) as amended by 2000 c. 5 (N.I.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "By S.I. 1982/846 (N.I. 11), Art. 4"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2005/516/introduction",
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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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