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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-lay-magistrates-eligibility-order-northern-ireland-2024/note",
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  "legislation": "nidsr/2024/9780338022868",
  "legislation_title": "The Lay Magistrates (Eligibility) Order (Northern Ireland) 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-lay-magistrates-eligibility-order-northern-ireland-2024",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order makes provision for criteria for the reappointment of lay magistrates who ceased to hold office before 10th March 2022 by virtue of section 4(11) of the Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (2015 c.9 (N.I.)), which required lay magistrates to retire at the age of 70.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:40:12.275109+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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