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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-intercountry-aspects-act-northern-ireland-2001/section-16",
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  "legislation": "nia/2001/11",
  "legislation_title": "Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act (Northern Ireland) 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-intercountry-aspects-act-northern-ireland-2001",
  "path": "section/16",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Short title and commencement",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act (Northern Ireland) 2001.\n(2) This Act, except this section and section 15, shall come into operation on such day or days as the Department may by order appoint.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "fully exercised by SR 2001/322; 2002/22, 45"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2001/11/section/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:21:47.413505+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."
}