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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-1998/schedule-10/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-1998/schedule-10/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1998/47",
  "legislation_title": "Northern Ireland Act 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-1998",
  "path": "schedule/10/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In this Schedule “devolution issue” means—\n(a) a question whether any provision of an Act of the Assembly is within the legislative competence of the Assembly;\n(b) a question whether a purported or proposed exercise of a function by a Minister or Northern Ireland department is, or would be, invalid by reason of section 24;\n(c) a question whether a Minister or Northern Ireland department has failed to comply with any of the Convention rights...; or\n(d) any question arising under this Act about excepted or reserved matters.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 10 para. 1(c) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c. 16), s. 25(4), Sch. 3 para. 62 (with s. 19, Sch. 8 para. 37); S.I. 2020/1622, reg. 3(l) (with regs. 10, 22)"
    }
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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."
}