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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/assembly-and-executive-reform-assembly-opposition-act-northern-ireland-2016/section-16",
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  "legislation": "nia/2016/10",
  "legislation_title": "Assembly and Executive Reform (Assembly Opposition) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/assembly-and-executive-reform-assembly-opposition-act-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "section/16",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Act—\n“Minister” means a Northern Ireland Minister within the meaning of the Northern Ireland Act 1998,\n“nominating officer” has the same meaning as it does in the Northern Ireland Act 1998,\n“the Opposition” means the Assembly Opposition referred to in section 1, and\n“qualifying party” has the meaning given in section 2.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2016/10/section/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:20:00.908867+00:00"
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  "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."
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