{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-act-northern-ireland-2022/section-158",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-act-northern-ireland-2022/section-158.json",
  "legislation": "nia/2022/18",
  "legislation_title": "Adoption and Children Act (Northern Ireland) 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-act-northern-ireland-2022",
  "path": "section/158",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "158",
  "heading": "Review",
  "text": "(1) The Department must, at least once every three years—\n(a) prepare and publish a report on the implementation of each of the provisions of Parts 1 and 2, and\n(b) lay a copy of the report before the Assembly.\n(2) The first report under subsection (1) must be prepared and published within the period of 3 years beginning with the date on which this Act is passed.\n(3) This section expires at the end of the period of ten years beginning with the date on which this Act is passed, but this is subject to subsection (4).\n(4) Subsection (3) does not have effect unless all of the provisions of Parts 1 and 2 have been commenced and included in a report under this section.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 158 not in operation at Royal Assent, see s. 160(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 158 in operation at 1.4.2024 by S.R. 2024/30, art. 2(1)(e)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2022/18/section/158",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:19:21.400523+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."
}