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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-amendment-act-1981/section-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-amendment-act-1981/section-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1981/27",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-amendment-act-1981",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Short title, commencement and extent.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 1981.\n(2) This Act shall come into force at the expiration of a period of three months beginning with the date on which it is passed.\n(3) This Act shall not extend to Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/27/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:14:10.123469+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."
}