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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/recorded-delivery-service-act-northern-ireland-1963/schedule/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "apni/1963/5",
  "legislation_title": "Recorded Delivery Service Act (Northern Ireland) 1963",
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  "number": "1",
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  "text": "Any reference, however worded—\n(a) in any enactment the provisions of which apply to, or operate in consequence of the operation of, any enactment amended by section 1; or\n(b) in any enactment relating to the sending of documents or other things otherwise than by registered post or to documents or other things so sent;\nto the registered post or to a registered letter or packet, shall be construed as including a reference to the recorded delivery service or to a letter or packet sent by that service; and any reference, however worded, in any such enactment to a Post Office receipt for a registered letter or to an acknowledgment of or certificate of delivery of a registered letter shall be construed accordingly.",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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