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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/department-of-justice-act-northern-ireland-2010/section-2",
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  "legislation": "nia/2010/3",
  "legislation_title": "Department of Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/department-of-justice-act-northern-ireland-2010",
  "path": "section/2",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Minister in charge of Department of Justice",
  "text": "(1) The Department of Justice is to be in the charge of a Northern Ireland Minister appointed by virtue of a nomination—\n(a) made by one or more members of the Assembly; and\n(b) approved by a resolution of the Assembly passed with the support of—\n(i) a majority of the members voting on the motion for the resolution,\n(ii) a majority of the designated Nationalists voting, and\n(iii) a majority of the designated Unionists voting.\n(2) Expressions used in subsection (1) and in the Northern Ireland Act 1998 have the same meanings in that subsection as in that Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2010/3/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:21:11.125853+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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