{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-evidence-northern-ireland-order-1999/article-21C",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-evidence-northern-ireland-order-1999/article-21C.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1999/2789",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-evidence-northern-ireland-order-1999",
  "path": "article/21C",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "21C",
  "heading": "Saving",
  "text": "Nothing in this Part affects—\n(a) any power of a court to make an order, give directions or give leave of any description in relation to any witness (including an accused), or\n(b) the operation of any rule of law relating to evidence in criminal proceedings.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 2A (arts. 21A-21C) inserted (2.2.2009) by Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1216 (N.I. 1)), arts. 1(4), 82(2); S.R. 2008/472, art. 2(4), Sch. Pt. IV"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Pt. 2A inserted (10.5.2013 for specified purposes, 11.11.2013 for specified purposes, 1.4.2015 for specified purposes, 3.4.2017 for specified purposes) by Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 24), ss. 12(2), 111(3); S.R. 2013/125, art. 2; S.R. 2013/252, art. 2; S.R. 2015/158, art. 2; S.R. 2017/6, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1999/2789/article/21C",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:40:42.138929+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."
}