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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-northern-ireland-act-2002/schedule-3A/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2002/26",
  "legislation_title": "Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-northern-ireland-act-2002",
  "path": "schedule/3A/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) In this Schedule “practising” is to be read in accordance with sub-paragraphs (2) and (3).\n(2) A barrister in England and Wales, an advocate in Scotland or a member of the Bar of Northern Ireland is practising if he is—\n(a) practising as such,\n(b) employed to give legal advice, or\n(c) providing legal advice under a contract for services.\n(3) A solicitor of the Supreme Court, a solicitor in Scotland or a solicitor of the Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland is practising if he is—\n(a) acting as such,\n(b) employed to give legal advice, or\n(c) providing legal advice under a contract for services.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 3A inserted (25.9.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 124, 148, Sch. 15; S.I. 2006/1537, art. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3A para. 2(3) substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 59(5), 148, Sch. 11 para. 5; S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/26/schedule/3A/paragraph/2",
    "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."
}