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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-northern-ireland-order-1981/schedule-8/paragraph-3",
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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": "schedule/8/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Where instructions are referred to the Department in pursuance of paragraph 2, the Department shall—\n(a) invite representations in writing about the instructions from the inspector who gave them and from the person to whom they were given and consider any representations made in response to the invitations within the periods specified in the invitations; and\n(b) direct that the instructions shall come into force, without modifications or with modifications specified in the direction, on a day so specified or shall not come into force and to give notice of the direction to the inspector and the person in question.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1981/231/schedule/8/paragraph/3",
    "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."
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