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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-1998/schedule-12/paragraph-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-1998/schedule-12/paragraph-12.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1998/47",
  "legislation_title": "Northern Ireland Act 1998",
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  "path": "schedule/12/paragraph/12",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) A reference to the Supreme Court of Judicature in Ireland shall be construed as a reference to the Court of Judicature .\n(2) A reference to the High Court of Justice in Ireland shall be construed as a reference to the High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland.\n(3) A reference to the Court of Appeal in Ireland shall be construed as a reference to the Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland.\n(4) This paragraph applies to enactments and instruments passed or made before the passing of the Government of Ireland Act 1920.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 12 para. 12(1) substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4). ss. 59, 148, {Sch. 11 para. 33(3)}; S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(b)(d)"
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      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1920 c.67."
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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."
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