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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-drug-trafficking-act-1994-rules-northern-ireland-1996/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-drug-trafficking-act-1994-rules-northern-ireland-1996/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1996/54",
  "legislation_title": "Magistrates' Courts (Drug Trafficking Act 1994) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-drug-trafficking-act-1994-rules-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these rules “the Act” means the Drug Trafficking Act 1994; a reference to a section by number is a reference to that section as numbered in the Act; and expressions used which are defined in the Act have the same meaning as in the Act.\n(2) Any reference in these rules to a Form by number is a reference to that Form so numbered in the Schedule to these rules.\n(3) Any reference in these rules to the clerk of petty sessions is a reference to the clerk of petty sessions for the petty sessions district in which the seizure of cash under Part II of the Act was made.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/54/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:37:38.502809+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."
}