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  "legislation": "nia/2002/11",
  "legislation_title": "Children (Leaving Care) Act (Northern Ireland) 2002",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to make provision about children and young persons who are being, or have been, looked after by an authority within the meaning of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995; to replace Article 35 of that Order; and for connected purposes.\n[22nd November 2002]",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
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