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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-appeal-northern-ireland-rules-1968/note",
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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": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the rules, but is intended to indicate their general purport.)\nThese rules revoke the Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Rules 1931. The rules make provision for appeals to the Court of Criminal Appeal and from the Court of Criminal Appeal to the House of Lords under the Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1968.\nThe rules do not apply to any notice of appeal or application for leave to appeal given before the rules came into force (rule 38(2)).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisro/1968/218/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T13:33:01.429812+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."
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