{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1988-designated-countries-and-territories-order-1991/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1988-designated-countries-and-territories-order-1991/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1991/2873",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Designated Countries and Territories) Order 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1988-designated-countries-and-territories-order-1991",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order–\n“the Act” means the Criminal Justice Act 1988;\n“country” means a country or territory;\n“designated country” means a country or territory designated under article 3(1) below;\n“appropriate authority of a designated country” means an authority specified opposite that country in Schedule 1 to this Order;\n“a court of a designated country” includes a court of any state or territory of a designated country.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1994/1639",
      "affecting_title": "The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Designated Countries and Territories) (Amendment) Order 1994"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/2873/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:32:16.578405+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."
}