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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/property-northern-ireland-order-1997/article-48",
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  "legislation": "nisi/1997/1179",
  "legislation_title": "The Property (Northern Ireland) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/property-northern-ireland-order-1997",
  "path": "article/48",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "48",
  "heading": "Enforcement of charge on estate of co-owner",
  "text": "The owner of a charge (including a charge under Article 46 of the 1981 NI 6. Judgments Enforcement (Northern Ireland) Order 1981) on land in co-ownership (that is to say, held jointly or in undivided shares) may make a request under the 1868 c. 40 Partition Act 1868 and the 1876 c. 17. Partition Act 1876 (in this Article and Article 49 “the Partition Acts”) for an order for partition, or for sale and distribution in lieu of partition, and shall be treated as a party interested for the purposes of those Acts.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1997/1179/article/48",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:41:23.235249+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."
}