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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-emergency-provisions-act-1973/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1973/53",
  "legislation_title": "Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1973",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-emergency-provisions-act-1973",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to make provision with respect to the following matters in Northern Ireland, that is to say, proceedings for and the punishment of certain offences, the detention of terrorists, the preservation of the peace, the maintenance of order and the detection of crime and to proscribe and make other provision in connection with certain organisations there, and for connected purposes.\n[25th July 1973]",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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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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