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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2017/78/made</dc:identifier><dc:title>The Rural Needs (2016 Act) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 2017</dc:title><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher>Government Printer for Northern Ireland</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2017-04-18</dc:modified><dc:subject scheme="SIheading">RURAL NEEDS</dc:subject>
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<Number>2017 No. 78 (C. 7)</Number>
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<Title>Rural Needs</Title>
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<Title>The Rural Needs (2016 Act) (Commencement <Abbreviation Expansion="Number">No.</Abbreviation> 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 2017</Title>
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<Text>The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs <FootnoteRef Ref="f00001"/>, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 5 of the Rural Needs Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 <FootnoteRef Ref="f00002"/>, makes the following Order.</Text></Para>
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<Text>This Order may be cited as the Rural Needs (2016 Act) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 2017.</Text>
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<Text>The day appointed for the coming into operation of sections 1 to 4 of the Rural Needs Act (Northern Ireland) 2016, as they apply to Northern Ireland departments and district councils as listed in the Schedule to that Act, is 1st June 2017.</Text>
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<Para><Text>Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs on 13th April 2017</Text></Para>
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<P><Text>This Order brings into operation, for Northern Ireland departments and district councils only, sections 1 to 4 of the Rural Needs Act (Northern Ireland) 2016.</Text></P>
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<Para><Text>The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development was renamed the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs by section 1(2) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2016/5" id="c00001" Class="NorthernIrelandAct" Year="2016" Number="0005">2016 (c.5) (N.I.)</Citation>.</Text></Para>
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<Para><Text><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2016/19" id="c00002" Class="NorthernIrelandAct" Year="2016" Number="0019">2016 c.19 (N.I.)</Citation></Text></Para>
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