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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-northern-ireland-order-1981/article-1",
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  "legislation": "nisi/1981/1675",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-northern-ireland-order-1981",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Title, citation and commencement",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981.\n(2) This Order shall be included among the Acts which may be cited together as the Summary Jurisdiction Acts (Northern Ireland).\n(3) This Order shall come into operation on 25th December 1981.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1981/1675/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:43:00.143829+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."
}