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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-northern-ireland-order-1981/schedule-3/paragraph-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": "schedule/3/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Subject to the following provisions of this Schedule, the periods set out in the second column of the following Table shall be the maximum periods of imprisonment which may be imposed in default of payment of a sum adjudged to be paid by a conviction due at the time imprisonment is imposed:—\nTABLE\nAn amount not exceeding £200\n7 days\nAn amount exceeding £200 but not exceeding £500\n14 days\nAn amount exceeding £500 but not exceeding £1,000\n28 days\nAn amount exceeding £1,000 but not exceeding £2,500\n45 days\nAn amount exceeding £2,500 but not exceeding £5,000\n3 months\nAn amount exceeding £5,000 but not exceeding £10,000\n6 months\nAn amount exceeding £10,000\n12 months",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "1994 NI 15"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1981/1675/schedule/3/paragraph/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."
}