{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/access-to-justice-northern-ireland-order-2003/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/access-to-justice-northern-ireland-order-2003/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/2003/435",
  "legislation_title": "Access to Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/access-to-justice-northern-ireland-order-2003",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation and commencement",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Access to Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2003.\n(2) Except as provided by paragraph (3), this Order shall come into operation on such day or days as the Lord Chancellor may by order appoint.\n(3) The following provisions come into operation on the expiration of one month from the date on which this Order is made—\n(a) this Part,\n(b) Article 45,\n(c) Article 46(4) to (6), and\n(d) Article 48(1).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "P",
      "label": "P1",
      "text": "Art. 1(2) power partly exercised: 28.7.2003 and 1.11.2003 appointed for specified provisions by S.R. 2003/344, arts. 2-4, Schs. 1, 2 (as amended by S.R. 2003/439, art. 2); 2.11.2003 appointed for specified provisions by S.R. 2003/440, art. 3, Sch. (with transitional provisions in art. 4); 9.3.2005 appointed for specified provisions by S.R. 2005/111, art. 3 (with savings and transitional provisions in arts. 4-6 and art. 4 revoked by S.R. 2009/312, art. 3); 9.11.2005 appointed for specified provisions by S.R. 2005/503, art. 2; 20.3.2006 appointed for specified provisions by {S.R. 2006/27}, arts. 2, 3"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2003/435/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:40:15.388759+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."
}