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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-northern-ireland-act-2002/schedule-7/paragraph-16",
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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/7/paragraph/16",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Section 47 (functions: consultation and consent requirements etc.) is amended as follows.\n(2) In subsection (1), after “Secretary of State” insert “ , the Advocate General for Northern Ireland ”.\n(3) In subsection (2), after “Secretary of State,” insert—\n“(aa) the Advocate General for Northern Ireland,”.\n(4) In subsection (5), after “consent of” insert “ the Advocate General for Northern Ireland and ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 7 para. 16 in force at 12.4.2010 by S.R. 2010/113, art. 2, Sch. para. 19(c)"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
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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."
}