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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-courts-northern-ireland-order-1980/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisi/1980/397",
  "legislation_title": "County Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1980",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-courts-northern-ireland-order-1980",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "[19th March 1980]",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Order: functions of Lord Chancellor transferred to Department of Justice (except for Article 47 so far as relating to the functions of the Lord Chancellor in relation to county court rules which deal (or would deal) with an excepted matter) (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. 33 (with arts. 15(6), 28-31); S.I. 2010/977, art. 1(2)"
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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."
}