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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-courts-act-northern-ireland-1959/schedule-2B/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-courts-act-northern-ireland-1959/schedule-2B/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "apni/1959/25",
  "legislation_title": "County Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 1959",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-courts-act-northern-ireland-1959",
  "path": "schedule/2B/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In this Schedule—\n“the relevant date” means 4th December 2005 , but means 12th January 2020 in relation to a civil partnership formed between two people not of the same sex ; and\n“member” means a person who holds judicial office and to or in respect of whom benefits are payable under this Act on his or her retirement.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "SI 2005/3325"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2B para. 1 inserted (13.1.2020) by The Marriage (Same-sex Couples) and Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1514), regs. 1(2), 55(5) (with regs. 6-9)"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:33:09.633949+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."
}