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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fines-and-penalties-northern-ireland-order-1984/article-7",
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  "legislation": "nisi/1984/703",
  "legislation_title": "The Fines and Penalties (Northern Ireland) Order 1984",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fines-and-penalties-northern-ireland-order-1984",
  "path": "article/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Special cases",
  "text": "(1) Article 6 does not apply to any statutory provision specified in Schedule 2.\n(2) The statutory provisions specified in column 1 of Schedule 3 shall have effect as if the maximum fine that may be imposed on conviction of any offence mentioned in column 2 of that Schedule were a fine not exceeding the amount specified in column 4 of that Schedule instead of a fine not exceeding the amount specified in column 3 of that Schedule.\n(3) The statutory provisions specified in column 1 of Schedule 4 shall have effect as if the maximum fine that may be imposed under any provision mentioned in column 2 of that Schedule on a person otherwise than on conviction of an offence were a fine not exceeding the amount specified in column 4 of that Schedule instead of a fine not exceeding the amount specified in column 3 of that Schedule.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1984/703/article/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:49:09.024048+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."
}