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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-and-young-persons-act-northern-ireland-1968/introduction",
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  "legislation": "apni/1968/34",
  "legislation_title": "Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland) 1968",
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  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to re-enact with amendments the Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland) 1950, and for purposes connected with that matter.\n[12th December 1968]",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "Most functions transf. to D/HSS, SRO (NI) 1973/504. Remaining functions transf. to S of S., SI 1973/2163"
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      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Act: functions of Lord Chancellor transferred to Department of Justice (12.4.2010) by Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), arts. 1(2), 15(1), Sch. 17 para. 27 (with arts. 15(6), 28-31); S.I. 2010/977, art. 1(2)"
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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