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Rural Needs Act (Northern Ireland) 2016
2016 CHAPTER 19
An Act to impose a duty on public authorities to have due regard to rural needs; and for connected purposes.
[9th May 2016]
BE IT ENACTED by being passed by the Northern Ireland Assembly and assented to by Her Majesty as follows:
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5 Sections1 to 4 come into operation on such day or days (not being later than 1 June 2018) as the Department may by order appoint.
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6 In this Act—
“the Department” means the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development;
“rural needs” means the social and economic needs of persons in rural areas.
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7 This Act may be cited as the Rural Needs Act (Northern Ireland) 2016.
Section 1(2).