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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1988/schedule-12/paragraph-8",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1988/33",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice Act 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1988",
  "path": "schedule/12/paragraph/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In relation to an assessor appointed by the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland, in this Schedule—\n(a) references to the Secretary of State are to be read as references to the Department of Justice;\n(b) references to the Treasury are to be read as references to the Department of Finance and Personnel in Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 12 para. 8 inserted (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 1(2), Sch. 6 para. 4(3) (with arts. 28-31)"
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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."
}