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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/functioning-of-government-miscellaneous-provisions-act-northern-ireland-2021/section-15",
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  "legislation": "nia/2021/3",
  "legislation_title": "Functioning of Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/functioning-of-government-miscellaneous-provisions-act-northern-ireland-2021",
  "path": "section/15",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Act—\n“special adviser” has the meaning given by section 1 of the Civil Service (Special Advisers) Act (Northern Ireland) 2013;\n“Minister” means—\n(a) the First Minister or deputy First Minister,\n(b) a Northern Ireland Minister,\n(c) a junior Minister,\nand the words in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) have the same meaning as in the Northern Ireland Act 1998.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2021/3/section/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:19:38.522926+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."
}