{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-damage-compensation-northern-ireland-order-1977/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-damage-compensation-northern-ireland-order-1977/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1977/1247",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Damage (Compensation) (Northern Ireland) Order 1977",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-damage-compensation-northern-ireland-order-1977",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 1954 c.33 shall apply to Article 1 and the following provisions of this Order as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.\n(2) In this Order—\n“applicant” means a person who has made an application for compensation;\n“Chief Constable” includes an Assistant Chief Constable and a Deputy Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary;\n“compensation” means compensation under this Order;\n“damage”, in relation to property, includes the total or partial destruction of, and any injury to, property;\n“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made under Article 21(2);\n“statutory provision” has the meaning assigned to it by section 1( f) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954;\n“terrorism” means the use of violence for political ends and includes any use of violence for the purpose of putting the public or any section of the public in fear;\n“unlawful association” means any organisation which is engaged in terrorism and includes an organisation which at any relevant time is a proscribed organisation within the meaning of the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1973 1973 c.53 or any Act re-enacting that Act (whether with or without modifications).\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 2(3) repealed (31.10.2016) by Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 9), s. 106(2), Sch. 1 para. 72, Sch. 9 Pt. 1 (with Sch. 8 para. 1); S.R. 2016/387, art. 2(k)(m) (with art. 3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1977/1247/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:53:29.673717+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."
}