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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fines-and-penalties-northern-ireland-order-1984/schedule-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fines-and-penalties-northern-ireland-order-1984/schedule-5.json",
  "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": "schedule/5",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "FINES OR OTHER SUMS THAT MAY BE ALTERED UNDER ARTICLE 17",
  "text": "Statutory provision\nProvision setting out the fine or other sum\nMaximum fine or sum\nSummary Jurisdiction Act (Northern Ireland) 1953 (c. 3)\nSection 26(1) (amount of malicious damage)\n£200 (as amended by Article 13)\nCoroners Act (Northern Ireland) 1959 (c. 15)\nSection 20(1) (failure to answer summons to serve as a juror or to give evidence)\n£200\nSection 20(2) (refusal to serve as a juror or to give evidence)\n£200\nSection 34 (contempt)\n£500\nCounty Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1980 (NI 3)\nArticle 55(2) (contempt of court)\n£500\nContempt of Court Act 1981 (c. 49)\nSection 14(2) (contempt in an inferior court)\n£500\nMagistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (NI 26)\nArticle 112(6)(a) (disobedience of orders other than payment of money)\n£1,000\nArticle 120(1) (refusal to give evidence)\n£500\nArticle 160(2) (misbehaviour in court)\n£500\nJuries (Northern Ireland) Order 1996\nArticle 26 (defaulting jurors)\n£1,000",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "1996 NI 6"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1984/703/schedule/5",
    "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."
}