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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-northern-ireland-abolition-and-transfer-of-functions-order-northern-ireland-2010/note",
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  "legislation": "nidsr/2010/9780337980510",
  "legislation_title": "The Northern Ireland (Abolition and Transfer of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-northern-ireland-abolition-and-transfer-of-functions-order-northern-ireland-2010",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order abolishes the Northern Ireland Court Service (which was established as a unified and distinct civil service of the Crown under section 69 of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978) and transfers its functions to the Department of Justice. The Order also makes a number of consequential amendments and repeals to primary and secondary legislation.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nidsr/2010/9780337980510/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:41:29.688924+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."
}