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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-law-reform-miscellaneous-provisions-northern-ireland-order-2005/note",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2005/0110490940",
  "legislation_title": "The Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-law-reform-miscellaneous-provisions-northern-ireland-order-2005",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order deals with miscellaneous matters of law reform.\nPart II makes provision with respect to deeds and their execution. It clarifies the law in relation to escrows and abolishes the rule in Pigotís Case and the rule in Bain v. Fothergill.\nPart III amends the law relating to family homes and domestic violence.\nPart IV abolishes a number of rules of common law relating to the property of married or engaged couples.\nPart V makes provision for the repeal of the Colonial Solicitors Act 1900 and the Trading Stamps Act (Northern Ireland) 1965. It also amends the Census Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 and the Damages Act 1996.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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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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