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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mines-act-northern-ireland-1969/section-144",
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  "legislation": "apni/1969/6",
  "legislation_title": "Mines Act (Northern Ireland) 1969",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mines-act-northern-ireland-1969",
  "path": "section/144",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "144",
  "heading": "Liability of parents for unlawful employment of children.",
  "text": "For the purposes of any proceedings under this Act in respect of the employment of children in contravention of section 1 of the Employment of Women, Young Persons and Children Act 1920 (which contains provisions that prohibit the employment of children in factories, mines and quarries and, so far as they relate to mines, are incorporated with this Act), the references in section 138 to a young person shall be construed as including references to a child within the meaning of the said section 1.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1920 c. 65"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1969/6/section/144",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:29:58.843167+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."
}