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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-law-1993-orders-commencement-no-1-order-northern-ireland-1996/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-law-1993-orders-commencement-no-1-order-northern-ireland-1996/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1996/454",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Law (1993 Orders) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-law-1993-orders-commencement-no-1-order-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "FAMILY LAW\nMade 23rd September 1996\nThe Department Finance and Personnel, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Article 1(3) and (5) of the Family Law (Northern Ireland) Order 1993 and paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Act 1974 and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1993/1576 (N.I. 6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1974 c. 28"
    }
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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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