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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-appeal-northern-ireland-rules-1968/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisro/1968/218",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Rules 1968",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-appeal-northern-ireland-rules-1968",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, NORTHERN IRELAND\nWe, the Northern Ireland Supreme Court Rules Committee, being the authority having for the time being power under section 7 of the Northern Ireland Act 1962 and section 49 of the Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1968 to make, amend or revoke rules regulating the practice and procedure of the Court of Criminal Appeal in Northern Ireland, hereby exercise those powers and all other powers enabling us in that behalf as follows:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "10 & 11 Eliz. 2. c. 30."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1968 c. 21."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisro/1968/218/introduction",
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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."
}