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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-1982-repealed-2121999/section-7",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1982/38",
  "legislation_title": "Northern Ireland Act 1982 (repealed 2.12.1999)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-1982-repealed-2121999",
  "path": "section/7",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Short title, interpretation and repeals.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Northern Ireland Act 1982.\n(2) In this Act “the Constitution Act” means the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 and any expression which is also used in that Act has the same meaning as in that Act.\n(3) The enactments mentioned in Schedule 3 to this Act (which include spent provisions) are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1973 c. 36."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "The text of s. 7(3), Sch. 2 paras. 1, 2, 3(1)(2)(3), 5(1)(2)(3), 6(1)(2)(3)(4), 9 and Sch. 3 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/38/section/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:10:59.983215+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."
}