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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-fees-amendment-order-northern-ireland-2002/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2002/343",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates' Courts Fees (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-fees-amendment-order-northern-ireland-2002",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order.)\nThis Order amends the Magistrates' Courts Fees Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 so as to –\n(a) increase a number of the fees payable in respect of proceedings in Magistrates' Courts;\n(b) allow fees to be taken by a range of payment methods, including credit or debit cards.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2002/343/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:06:09.724971+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."
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