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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-northern-ireland-act-2004/section-20",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2004/4",
  "legislation_title": "Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-northern-ireland-act-2004",
  "path": "section/20",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Act—\n(a) “the 2002 Act” means the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 (c. 26), and\n(b) any word or expression defined in section 88 of that Act has the same meaning in this Act as in that Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/4/section/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:17:28.944206+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."
}