{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lay-magistrates-eligibility-order-northern-ireland-2024/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2024/102",
  "legislation_title": "The Lay Magistrates (Eligibility) Order (Northern Ireland) 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lay-magistrates-eligibility-order-northern-ireland-2024",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Justice\nLaid before the Assembly in draft\nMade 30th April 2024\nComing into operation 1st May 2024\nThe Department of Justice makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 4(7) of the Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (the 2015 Act) read with section 121 of and paragraph 45 of Schedule 1 to the Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022.\nIn accordance with section 4(7) of the 2015 Act, the Department of Justice has consulted with the Lady Chief Justice of Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2015 c.9 (N.I.)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2022 c.7."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2024/102/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:28:40.278675+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."
}