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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-northern-ireland-act-2002/schedule-12/paragraph-78",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2002/26",
  "legislation_title": "Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002",
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  "path": "schedule/12/paragraph/78",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "78",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In section 3 (restoration of devolved government), insert at the end—\n“(8) If the period of appointment of the person who held office as Attorney General for Northern Ireland immediately before the date on which section 1 came into force has not expired, he resumes office on the effective date.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "nisi/2003/435",
      "affecting_title": "Access to Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2003"
    },
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "nisi/2003/435",
      "affecting_title": "Access to Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2003"
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:19:23.998184+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."
}