{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-devolution-issues-rules-northern-ireland-1999/article-5",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1999/489",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates' Courts (Devolution Issues) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-devolution-issues-rules-northern-ireland-1999",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Reference of devolution issue to Judicial Committee",
  "text": "(1) Where a magistrates' court is required by the Attorney General, the Attorney General for Northern Ireland or the appropriate Minister or department as mentioned in paragraph 33 of Schedule 10 to refer a devolution issue to the Judicial Committee, it shall make an order so referring the issue.\n(2) An order under paragraph (1) shall be in Form 5 and the court may give directions to the parties as to the manner and form of the schedule to that order, but it shall be settled by the court.\n(3) The clerk of petty sessions shall send the order to the Registrar of the Judicial Committee.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 5 in operation at 17.1.2000, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1999/489/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:17:12.438094+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."
}