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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-sexual-offences-act-2003-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-2010/article-1",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2010/15",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates’ Courts (Sexual Offences Act 2003) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2010",
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  "path": "article/1",
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  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation and commencement",
  "text": "These Rules may be cited as the Magistrates’ Courts (Sexual Offences Act 2003) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2010, and shall come into operation on the same day as sections 24 and 25 of the Policing and Crime Act 2009 come into force.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2009 c.26."
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  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2010/15/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:29:03.877037+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."
}