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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judgments-enforcement-northern-ireland-order-1981/article-143",
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  "legislation": "nisi/1981/226",
  "legislation_title": "Judgments Enforcement (Northern Ireland) Order 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judgments-enforcement-northern-ireland-order-1981",
  "path": "article/143",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "143",
  "heading": "Provisions as to distress",
  "text": "(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other statutory provision, a person shall not distrain on any property for the enforcement of any recognizance or bond, or for rent (including rent-charge) in arrear, or for tithes.\n(2) Paragraph (1) shall not affect the relationship of landlord and tenant save in so far as that paragraph restricts the remedy of distress.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1981/226/article/143",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:52:20.705084+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."
}