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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-human-rights-act-1998-rules-northern-ireland-2000/article-2",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2000/278",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates' Courts (Human Rights Act 1998) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-human-rights-act-1998-rules-northern-ireland-2000",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Rules—\n“the Act” means the Human Rights Act 1998\n“Convention rights” has the same meaning as in section 1 of the Act;\n“the Order” means the Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981;\n“public authority” has the same meaning as in section 6(3) of the Act.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 2 in operation at 2.10.2000, see rule 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1998 c. 42"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2000/278/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:14:37.018670+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."
}