{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/maximum-number-of-judges-northern-ireland-order-1993/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1993/606",
  "legislation_title": "The Maximum Number of Judges (Northern Ireland) Order 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/maximum-number-of-judges-northern-ireland-order-1993",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order amends section 2(1) of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 to increase from six to seven the maximum number of puisne judges in Her Majesty’s High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/606/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:02:17.658380+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."
}