{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-and-security-northern-ireland-act-2007/section-47",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2007/6",
  "legislation_title": "Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-and-security-northern-ireland-act-2007",
  "path": "section/47",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "47",
  "heading": "Altering title of resident magistrate",
  "text": "(1) Section 102 of the Courts Act 2003 (c. 39) (power to alter judicial titles: Northern Ireland) is amended as follows.\n(2) In subsection (1)(a), after “county courts” insert “ or magistrates' courts ”.\n(3) In subsection (2)—\n(a) after the entry for “Deputy judge of the county court” insert— “ Deputy resident magistrate ”;\n(b) after the entry for “Presiding judge for the county courts” insert— “ Presiding resident magistrate ”;\n(c) at the end of the list insert— “ Resident magistrate ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/6/section/47",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:12:55.493954+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."
}