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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-domestic-proceedings-rules-northern-ireland-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1996/324",
  "legislation_title": "Magistrates' Courts (Domestic Proceedings) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-domestic-proceedings-rules-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MAGISTRATES' COURTS\nMade 25th July 1996\nComing into operation 4th November 1996\nThe Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by Article 13 of the Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 and Articles 8(8), 18(8), 18(9), 21(4), 25(1) and 26(2) of the Domestic Proceedings (Northern Ireland) Order 1980 on the advice of the Magistrates' Courts Rules Committee and after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice hereby makes the following Rules:—",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1981/1675 (N.I. 26)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1980/563 (N.I. 5)"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/324/introduction",
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  },
  "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."
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