{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-children-northern-ireland-order-1998/schedule-1/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-children-northern-ireland-order-1998/schedule-1/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1998/1504",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-children-northern-ireland-order-1998",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In this Order “sexual offence” means . . . an offence under any of the following provisions—\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\nSub para. (c) rep. by 2003 c.42\n(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\nSub para. (e) rep. by 2003 c.42\n(f) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(g) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(h) Article 3 of the 1978 NI 17. Protection of Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1978;\n(i) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\nSub para. (j) rep. by 2003 c.42\n(k) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(l) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(n) any provision of the Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 1 repealed (2.2.2009) by Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1769 (N.I. 2)), arts. 1(3), 81, 83, Sch. 1 para. 26(a), Sch. 3; S.R. 2008/510, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 1(a)-(g) repealed (2.2.2009) by Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1769 (N.I. 2)), arts. 1(3), 81, 83, Sch. 1 para. 26(b), Sch. 3; S.R. 2008/510, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 1(i)-(m) repealed (2.2.2009) by Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1769 (N.I. 2)), arts. 1(3), 81, 83, Sch. 1 para. 26(b), Sch. 3; S.R. 2008/510, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 1(n) inserted (2.2.2009) by Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1769 (N.I. 2)), arts. 1(3), 81, Sch. 1 para. 26(c); S.R. 2008/510, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1998/1504/schedule/1/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:41:01.478052+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."
}