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  "legislation": "nisr/2003/122",
  "legislation_title": "Magistrates' Courts (Proceeds of Crime Act 2002) (Confiscation) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2003",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MAGISTRATES' COURTS\nMade 3rd March 2003\nComing into operation 24th March 2003\nThe Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by Article 13 of the Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981, 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": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
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      "text": "S.I. 1981/1675 (N.I. 26)"
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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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