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  "legislation_title": "Northern Ireland Act 2000 (repealed)",
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  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) While section 1 is in force, Her Majesty may by Order in Council make provision for any matter for which the 1998 Act authorises or requires provision to be made by Act of the Assembly.\n(2) A provision which would be outside the legislative competence of the Assembly may not be included in such an Order.\n(3) If section 1 is in force for a period of more than six months, sub-paragraph (1) applies only during the first six months of that period.\n(4) But the Secretary of State may by order direct, in relation to any period while section 1 is in force, that sub-paragraph (3) (whether as originally enacted or as subsequently modified under this sub-paragraph) is to have effect as if the number of months mentioned there were increased by such number of months not exceeding six as may be specified in the order.",
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      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Sch. para. 1(3) modified (13.4.2003) by The Northern Ireland Act 2000 (Modification) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1155), art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Sch. para. 1(3) modified (7.10.2003) by The Northern Ireland Act 2000 (Modification) (No. 2) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/2592), art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Sch. para. 1(3) modified (8.4.2004) by The Northern Ireland Act 2000 (Modification) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/1105), art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "Sch. para. 1(3) modified (20.9.2004) by The Northern Ireland Act 2000 (Modification) (No. 2) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/2505), art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "Sch. para. 1(3) modified (19.3.2005) by The Northern Ireland Act 2000 (Modification) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/868), art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C6",
      "text": "Sch. para. 1(3) modified (22.7.2005) by The Northern Ireland Act 2000 (Modification) (No. 2) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2046), art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C7",
      "text": "Sch. para. 1(3) modified (31.3.2006) by The Northern Ireland Act 2000 (Modification) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1012), art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C8",
      "text": "Sch. para. 1(3) modified (29.7.2006) by The Northern Ireland Act 2000 (Modification) (No. 2) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/2132), art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C9",
      "text": "Sch. para. 1(3) modified (1.4.2007) by The Northern Ireland Act 2000 (Modification) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/1163), art. 2"
    }
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