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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/charities-act-northern-ireland-2008/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nia/2008/12",
  "legislation_title": "Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/charities-act-northern-ireland-2008",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to provide for the establishment and functions of the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland and the Charity Tribunal for Northern Ireland; to make provision about the law of charities, including provision about charitable incorporated organisations; to make further provision about public charitable collections and other fund-raising carried on in connection with charities and other institutions; and for connected purposes.\n[9th September 2008]\nBE IT ENACTED by being passed by the Northern Ireland Assembly and assented to by Her Majesty as follows:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Act modified (19.8.2013) by The Charities Act 2008 (Transitional Provision) Order (Northern Ireland) 2013 (S.R. 2013/211), art. 2(1)"
    }
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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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