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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-law-reform-miscellaneous-provisions-northern-ireland-order-2006/note",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2006/0110800397",
  "legislation_title": "The Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-law-reform-miscellaneous-provisions-northern-ireland-order-2006",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nArticle 2 restricts the grounds on which the battery of a child may be justified as reasonable punishment. Article 3 repeals statutory provisions prohibiting marriage—\n(a) between a person and the parent of that person’s former spouse or former civil partner, and\n(b) between a person and the former spouse or former civil partner of a child of that person,\nunless certain conditions are satisfied. Article 4 repeals corresponding prohibitions relating to civil partnerships. Article 6 makes a minor correction to the Civil Partnership Act 2004.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2006/0110800397/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:20:01.253476+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."
}