{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-appeal-amendment-northern-ireland-rules-2005/article-1",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2005/157",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Appeal (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Rules 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-appeal-amendment-northern-ireland-rules-2005",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) These Rules may be cited as the Criminal Appeal (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Rules 2005 and shall come into operation on 18th April 2005.\n(2) In these Rules, “the principal Rules” shall mean the Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Rules 1968, and a reference to a rule or a Form by number means the rule or Form so numbered in the principal Rules.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. & O. (N.I.) 1968 No. 218; to which the most recent relevant amendment was made by S.R. 2000 No. 387 and S.R. 2001 No. 250"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2005/157/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:53:06.222349+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."
}