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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/district-judge-magistrates-courts-order-northern-ireland-2008/article-1",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2008/154",
  "legislation_title": "The District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) Order (Northern Ireland) 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/district-judge-magistrates-courts-order-northern-ireland-2008",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) Order (Northern Ireland) 2008 and shall come into operation on 2nd June 2008.\n(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to this Order as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1978 (c.23)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2008/154/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:36:51.053956+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."
}