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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-northern-ireland-act-2002/section-9",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2002/26",
  "legislation_title": "Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002",
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  "path": "section/9",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Lay magistrates",
  "text": ". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "repealed",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 9 repealed (31.10.2016) by Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 9), s. 106(2), Sch. 1 para. 119(1), Sch. 9 Pt. 1 (with Sch. 8 para. 1); S.R. 2016/387, art. 2(k)(m) (with art. 3)"
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    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 9 wholly in force at 1.4.2005: s. 9 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 87: s. 9(4)(5)(6)(14) in force at 15.10.2002 by S.R 2002/319, art. 2, Sch.; s. 9(1)-(3)(7)-(11)(13) in force at 1.9.2004 by S.R. 2004/301, art. 2; s. 9(12) in force at 1.4.2005 by S.R. 2005/109, art. 2, Sch."
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    {
      "type": "X",
      "label": "X1",
      "text": "The omission of the cross-heading before s. 9 on 25.9.2006 gives rise to a change in the structure of this legislation on legislation.gov.uk which breaks the continuity of historical versions of s. 9."
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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