{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/maximum-number-of-judges-order-northern-ireland-2020/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2020/248",
  "legislation_title": "The Maximum Number of Judges Order (Northern Ireland) 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/maximum-number-of-judges-order-northern-ireland-2020",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Court Of Judicature, Northern Ireland\nAffirmed by resolution of the Assembly on 14th December 2020Made 11th November 2020\nComing into operation in accordance with Article 1\nThe Department of Justice makes the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 2(3) of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978.\nThe Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission has agreed to the making of this Order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1978 c. 23, as amended by the Northern Ireland Act 2009 (c. 3) and the Department of Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 (c. 3 (N.I.))."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2020/248/introduction",
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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."
}