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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/administration-of-estates-act-northern-ireland-1971/section-8",
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  "legislation": "apni/1971/31",
  "legislation_title": "Administration of Estates Act (Northern Ireland) 1971",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/administration-of-estates-act-northern-ireland-1971",
  "path": "section/8",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Repeals and savings.",
  "text": "Subs.(1) rep. by 1979 NI 14\n(2) Para.(a) rep. by 1979 NI 14\n(b) section 4 (other than subsection (2)); …\nPara.(c) rep. by 1979 NI 14\nshall not apply in relation to [ sealing by the High Court] before the commencement of this Act of administration granted in any country or territory outside the United Kingdom.\nSubs.(3) rep. by 1979 NI 14\n(4) … the repeals specified in Part III of the Schedule shall not apply in relation to the estates of persons dying before the commencement of this Act.\n(5) Any administration bond given before the commencement of this Act … under the Colonial Probates Act 1892 1892 c.6 may be enforced and assigned as if this Act had not been passed.\n(6) Nothing in this Act shall affect the operation of sections 28 and 29 of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 1954 c.33 (which relate to the effect of repeals and of substituting provisions).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "1979 NI 14"
    },
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "1979 NI 14"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1971/31/section/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:29:16.553263+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."
}