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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-2003-commencement-no13-and-transitional-provision-order-2006/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2006/1835",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Commencement No.13 and Transitional Provision) Order 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-2003-commencement-no13-and-transitional-provision-order-2006",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Transitional provision",
  "text": "The coming into force of section 5(5C) of the 1996 Act has effect only in relation to alleged offences in relation to which—\n(a) a criminal investigation within the meaning of section 1(4) of that Act began—\n(i) in England and Wales on or after 4th April 2005; or\n(ii) in Northern Ireland on or after 15th July 2005; and\n(b) the duty to give a defence statement in accordance with section 5(5) of that Act arises on or after 24th July 2006.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/1835/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:26:07.296350+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."
}