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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/audit-northern-ireland-order-1987/article-5",
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  "legislation": "nisi/1987/460",
  "legislation_title": "The Audit (Northern Ireland) Order 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/audit-northern-ireland-order-1987",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "The Northern Ireland Audit Office",
  "text": "(1) There shall be a Northern Ireland Audit Office consisting of—\n(a) the Comptroller and Auditor General, who shall be the head of that Office; and\n(b) the staff appointed by him under this Order.\n(2) Schedule 1 shall have effect in relation to the Northern Ireland Audit Office.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1987/460/article/5",
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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."
}