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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-family-law-act-1986-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1996/56",
  "legislation_title": "Magistrates' Courts (Family Law Act 1986) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1996",
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  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MAGISTRATES' COURTS\nMade 27th February 1996\nComing into operation 18th March 1996\nThe Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by Article 13 of the Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981, section 27 of the Family Law Act 1986 and all other powers enabling him in that behalf on the advice of the Magistrates' Courts Rules Committee and after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice, hereby makes the following rules:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1981/1675 (N.I. 26)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1986 c. 55"
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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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