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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-committee-devolution-issues-rules-order-1999/schedule/paragraph-4.2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-committee-devolution-issues-rules-order-1999/schedule/paragraph-4.2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/665",
  "legislation_title": "The Judicial Committee (Devolution Issues) Rules Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-committee-devolution-issues-rules-order-1999",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/4.2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4.2",
  "heading": "References under section 11",
  "text": "(1) A reference by the Attorney General for Northern Ireland to the Judicial Committee under section 11(1) shall be made—\n(a) by lodging the reference; and\n(b) serving copies and giving notice of it in accordance with paragraph (3) below;\nwithin the time limits specified in section 11(2).\n(2) The reference shall state the question to be determined with respect to the Bill to which the reference relates and shall have annexed to it—\n(a) a copy of the Bill; and\n(b) a copy of the section 9 statement.\n(3) A copy of the reference shall be served on each of the following—\n(a) the First Minister;\n(b) the deputy First Minister; and\n(c) if the section 9 statement was made by another Minister, that Minister;\nand written notice of the reference, together with a copy of it, shall be given to the Presiding Officer.\n(4) In this rule “section 9 statement” means the statement made pursuant to section 9 in relation to the Bill to which the reference relates.\n(5) In this and the next rule “Law Officer” does not include the Lord Advocate.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/665/schedule/paragraph/4.2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:57:40.024980+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."
}