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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rates-northern-ireland-order-1977/schedule-16/part-III/crossheading-demand-notes-etc/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rates-northern-ireland-order-1977/schedule-16/part-III/crossheading-demand-notes-etc/paragraph-4.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1977/2157",
  "legislation_title": "Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rates-northern-ireland-order-1977",
  "path": "schedule/16/part/III/crossheading/demand-notes-etc/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) A demand note, certificate or other document which purports to be made in pursuance of any provision of the 1972 Order or this Order shall not be quashed or deemed to be void or voidable for want of form, or be affected by reason of a mistake, defect or omission therein, if the same is in substance and effect in conformity with or according to the intent and meaning of that Order or this Order, and if the person or hereditament charged or intended to be charged or affected thereby is designated therein according to a common intent and understanding.\n(2) A demand note, certificate or other document shall not be impeached or affected by reason of a mistake therein as to—\n(i) the name of a person liable, or\n(ii) the situation of any hereditament, or\n(iii) the amount of the rate charged.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1977/2157/schedule/16/part/III/crossheading/demand-notes-etc/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:53:19.076889+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."
}