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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legitimacy-act-northern-ireland-1961/section-1",
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  "legislation": "apni/1961/5",
  "legislation_title": "Legitimacy Act (Northern Ireland) 1961",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legitimacy-act-northern-ireland-1961",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Application of the Legitimacy Act (Northern Ireland)",
  "text": "Subs. (1) rep. by SLR (NI) 1973\n(2) In relation to an illegitimate person to whom it applies by virtue of this section, the Legitimacy Act (Northern Ireland), 1928, shall have effect as if for references to the commencement of that Act there were substituted references to the commencement of this Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1961/5/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:33:05.065007+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."
}