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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-northern-ireland-act-2002-commencement-no-4-order-2003/article-4",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2003/416",
  "legislation_title": "The Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-northern-ireland-act-2002-commencement-no-4-order-2003",
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  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The following provisions of the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 shall come into force on 19th April 2004.\n(2) The provisions referred to in paragraph (1) above are –\nsection 74 (appeals in small claims cases); and\nsection 75 (time limit for cases stated by county court).\n(3) The amendments made by sections 74 and 75 to the County Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1980 shall not apply to proceedings commenced before 19th April 2004.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1980/397 (N.I. 3)"
    }
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  "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."
}