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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/district-judge-magistrates-courts-order-northern-ireland-2008/introduction",
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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": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Judiciary\nMade 31st March 2008\nComing into operation 2nd June 2008\nTo be laid before Parliament\nThe Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 102(1), (2) and (5) of the Courts Act 2003, and with the concurrence of the Lord Chief Justice, makes the following Order:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2003 (c.39) as amended by section 47 of the Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007 (c.6)"
    }
  ],
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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."
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