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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-1996-order-commencement-no-1-order-northern-ireland-1997/article-2",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1997/267",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Justice (1996 Order) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-1996-order-commencement-no-1-order-northern-ireland-1997",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Appointed day",
  "text": "The following provisions of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 shall come into operation on 25th July 1997:\n(a) Articles 1 and 2;\n(b) Article 33;\n(c) Article 35;\n(d) Articles 44, 45, 46 and 47;\n(e) Articles 53, 54, 55 and 56;\n(f) Article 57 to the extent that it relates to Articles 54(3)(c) and 56(3);\n(g) Article 58 to the extent that it activates the amendments, transitional provisions, savings and repeals mentioned in sub-paragraphs (h), (i) and (j);\n(h) In Schedule 5, paragraphs 1 and 18;\n(i) In Schedule 6, paragraph 1 so far as it relates to Article 33;\n(j) In Schedule 7, the repeal of parts of section 2 and section 3 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885; the repeal of Article 7 of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1986; and the repeal of Articles 3(2)(ii), 4(4)(b), 5(2)(ii) and 6(2)(ii) of the Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1988.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1885 c. 69"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1986/1883 (N.I. 15)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 1988/1987 (N.I. 20)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/267/article/2",
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  },
  "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."
}