{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/attorney-generals-human-rights-guidance-cooperation-and-operational-independence-order-northern-ireland-2016/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2016/386",
  "legislation_title": "The Attorney General’s Human Rights Guidance (Cooperation and Operational Independence) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/attorney-generals-human-rights-guidance-cooperation-and-operational-independence-order-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Human Rights\nMade 21st October 2016\nComing into operation 19th December 2016\nThe Attorney General:\n(a) has, in pursuance of section 8(1) of the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2004, issued guidance on international human rights standards relevant to cooperation and institutional independence in respect of the Police Service of Northern Ireland, the Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland and Forensic Science Northern Ireland;\n(b) has, in accordance with section 8(3)(a) of the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2004, published that guidance on his website;\n(c) has, in accordance with section 8(3)(b) of that Act, laid that guidance before the Assembly;\n(d) has, in accordance with section 8(1A) and section 8(5A) of that Act, consulted the Advocate General for Northern Ireland.\nThe Attorney General, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 8(3)(c) of that Act, makes the following order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2004 c. 4: relevant amending order is S.R. 2015 No. 168"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "‘the Northern Ireland Assembly’ substituted for ‘each house of Parliament’ by paragraph 81(2) of Schedule 14 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Inserted by section 8(9) of the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2004 and paragraph 7A of Schedule 7 of the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/386/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:54:19.784769+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."
}