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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-1998-devolution-of-policing-and-justice-functions-order-2010/schedule-15/paragraph-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2010/976",
  "legislation_title": "The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-1998-devolution-of-policing-and-justice-functions-order-2010",
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  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "After section 8 insert—\n“General duty of the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland\n8A The Department of Justice in Northern Ireland must exercise the powers conferred on it under this Chapter in such manner and to such extent as appears to it to be best calculated to promote the efficiency and effectiveness of SOCA.”",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 15 para. 4 in force at 12.4.2010, see art. 1(2)"
    }
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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."
}