{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/inheritance-provision-for-family-and-dependants-northern-ireland-order-1979/article-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/inheritance-provision-for-family-and-dependants-northern-ireland-order-1979/article-6.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1979/924",
  "legislation_title": "Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) (Northern Ireland) Order 1979",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/inheritance-provision-for-family-and-dependants-northern-ireland-order-1979",
  "path": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Time-limit for applications",
  "text": "An application for an order under Article 4 shall not, except with the permission of the court, be made after the end of the period of six months from the date on which representation with respect to the estate of the deceased is first taken out.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1979/924/article/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:52:49.084958+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."
}