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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-natural-environment-act-northern-ireland-2011/section-40",
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  "legislation": "nia/2011/15",
  "legislation_title": "Wildlife and Natural Environment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-natural-environment-act-northern-ireland-2011",
  "path": "section/40",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "40",
  "heading": "Commencement",
  "text": "(1) The preceding sections of this Act (and the Schedules) come into operation on such day or days as the Department may by order appoint.\n(2) An order under subsection (1) may contain such transitional or saving provisions as the Department thinks appropriate.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "P",
      "label": "P1",
      "text": "S. 40(1) power partly exercised: 13.6.2011 appointed by S.R. 2011/215, art. 2;17.8.2011 appointed by S.R. 2011/285, art. 2, Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2011/15/section/40",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:20:49.628005+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."
}