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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-northern-ireland-order-1981/article-39",
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  "legislation": "nisi/1981/231",
  "legislation_title": "Weights and Measures (Northern Ireland) Order 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-northern-ireland-order-1981",
  "path": "article/39",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "39",
  "heading": "Function of Department",
  "text": "(1) It shall be the duty of the Department to enforce the provisions of this Order.\n(2) For the investigatory powers available to the Department for the purposes of the duty in paragraph (1) see Schedule 5 to the Consumer Rights Act 2015.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 39(1): art. 39 renumbered as art. 39(1) (11.1.2017) by The Consumer Rights (Enforcement and Amendments) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/1259), art. 1, Sch. para. 1(3)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Art. 39(2) inserted (11.1.2017) by The Consumer Rights (Enforcement and Amendments) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/1259), art. 1, Sch. para. 1(3)(b)"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1981/231/article/39",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:52:11.672765+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."
}