{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/biological-weapons-act-1974/section-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/biological-weapons-act-1974/section-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1974/6",
  "legislation_title": "Biological Weapons Act 1974",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/biological-weapons-act-1974",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Prosecution of offences.",
  "text": "(1) Proceedings for an offence under section 1 above shall not be instituted—\n(a) in England or Wales, except by or with the consent of the Attorney General; or\n(b) in Northern Ireland, except by or with the consent of the Advocate General for Northern Ireland.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 2(1)(b) substituted (12.4.2010) by Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 (c. 26), s. 87(1), Sch. 7 para. 27; S.R. 2010/113, art. 2, Sch. para. 19(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S.2(2) repealed by Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (c. 23, SIF 38), Sch. 9 Pt. I"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 2(3) repealed by Criminal Jurisdiction Act 1975 (c. 59), Sch. 6 Pt. I"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1974/6/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:46:10.987534+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."
}