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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-modification-of-enactmentsno-1-order-1973/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1973/2163",
  "legislation_title": "The Northern Ireland (Modification of Enactments—No. 1) Order 1973",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-modification-of-enactmentsno-1-order-1973",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Transfer of functions relating to appointment of judges and other judicial matters",
  "text": "(1) The functions, immediately before the appointed day, of the Minister or Ministry of Home Affairs for Northern Ireland under the enactments specified in Schedule 2 and under any instrument made under any such enactment are hereby transferred to the Lord Chancellor.\n(2) Any reference in the enactments specified in Schedule 2 and in any instrument made under any such enactment to the Governor of Northern Ireland, as respects functions to be discharged by him, shall be construed as a reference to the Lord Chancellor.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1973/2163/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:55:48.576299+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."
}