{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/limitation-northern-ireland-order-1989/article-38",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/limitation-northern-ireland-order-1989/article-38.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1989/1339",
  "legislation_title": "The Limitation (Northern Ireland) Order 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/limitation-northern-ireland-order-1989",
  "path": "article/38",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "38",
  "heading": "Extinction of right of mortgagee etc. to debt at expiration of time limit for action to recover land etc.",
  "text": "At the expiration of the time limit fixed by this Order for—\n(a) a mortgagee of land to bring an action to recover the land; or\n(b) a person claiming as mortgagee or chargeant to bring an action claiming sale of the land,\nthe right of the mortgagee or such person to the principal sum and interest secured by the mortgage or charge is extinguished.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1989/1339/article/38",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:47:16.661495+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."
}