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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coroners-and-justice-act-2009/section-56",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coroners-and-justice-act-2009/section-56.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2009/25",
  "legislation_title": "Coroners and Justice Act 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coroners-and-justice-act-2009",
  "path": "section/56",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "56",
  "heading": "Abolition of common law defence of provocation",
  "text": "(1) The common law defence of provocation is abolished and replaced by sections 54 and 55.\n(2) Accordingly, the following provisions cease to have effect—\n(a) section 3 of the Homicide Act 1957 (c. 11) (questions of provocation to be left to the jury);\n(b) section 7 of the Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1966 (c. 20) (questions of provocation to be left to the jury).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 56(1) in force at 4.10.2010 for E.W. by S.I. 2010/816, art. 6(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 56(1)(2)(b) in force at 1.6.2011 for N.I. by S.R. 2011/182, art. 3(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I3",
      "text": "S. 56(2)(a) in force at 4.10.2010 by S.I. 2010/816, art. 5(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/25/section/56",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:10:44.377194+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."
}