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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-miscellaneous-provisions-act-2014-commencement-no-1-order-2014/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2014/2613",
  "legislation_title": "The Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-miscellaneous-provisions-act-2014-commencement-no-1-order-2014",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Commencement of provisions",
  "text": "(1) The following provisions of the Act come into force on the day after the day on which this Order is made—\n(a) section 8 (appointment of justice minister); and\n(b) section 9 (reappointment of other Northern Ireland Ministers in certain cases).\n(2) The following provisions of the Act come into force on 1st October 2014—\n(a) section 14 (registration as an elector: abolition of 3 month residence requirement);\n(b) section 15 (registration as an overseas elector: declaration of nationality); and\n(c) section 16 (absent voting).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/2613/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:01:05.387087+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}