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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-52/chapter-2/rule-3",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1981/225",
  "legislation_title": "County Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981",
  "path": "part/52/chapter/2/rule/3",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Part—\n(a) an Article referred to by number means the Article so numbered in the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 and expressions which are defined in that Order have the same meaning as they have in that Order;\n(b) “the Order” means the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986;\n(c) “place of residence” means, in relation to a patient who is receiving treatment as an in-patient in a hospital or other institution, that hospital or institution.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1986/595 (N.I. 4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1981/225/part/52/chapter/2/rule/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:45:17.527867+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}