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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/exchequer-and-financial-provisions-act-northern-ireland-1950/section-40",
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  "legislation": "apni/1950/3",
  "legislation_title": "Exchequer and Financial Provisions Act (Northern Ireland) 1950",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/exchequer-and-financial-provisions-act-northern-ireland-1950",
  "path": "section/40",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "40",
  "heading": "Interpretation.",
  "text": "(1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears, the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them, that is to say—\nDefinition rep. by 2001 c. 6 (NI)\n“Consolidated Fund Account” and “the Bank” have the same meaning as in the Government Resources and Accounts Act (Northern Ireland) 2001;\n“enactment” means any statutory provision (as defined in section 1(f) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954);\n“the Ministry” has the meaning assigned to it by paragraph ( a) of sub-section (1) of section one of this Act.\nSubs. (2) rep. by 1991 NI 6\nSubs. (3) rep. by 1954 c. 33 (NI)",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "mod. by SI 2003/1633"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "2001 c. 6 (NI)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "1991 NI 6"
    }
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1950/3/section/40",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:33:59.091898+00:00"
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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."
}