{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coroners-and-justice-act-2009-commencement-no2-northern-ireland-order-2016/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2016/23",
  "legislation_title": "The Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Commencement No.2) (Northern Ireland) Order 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coroners-and-justice-act-2009-commencement-no2-northern-ireland-order-2016",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order brings into force section 49(2) of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c.25) which introduces Schedule 11 of the Act. Schedule 11 substitutes new sections 17A to 17C for section 17 of the Coroners Act (Northern Ireland) 1959 (c.15) (N.I.). Sections 17A to 17C make provision concerning witnesses, evidence and related offences at inquests in Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/23/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:58:49.279258+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."
}