{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-northern-ireland-order-1991/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-northern-ireland-order-1991/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1991/1711",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-northern-ireland-order-1991",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Title and commencement",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1991.\n(2) Except as provided by paragraph (3), this Order shall come into operation on the expiration of 2 months from the day on which it is made.\n(3) The following provisions shall come into operation on such day as the Secretary of State may by order appoint, namely—\n(a) Article 6; and\n(b) Article 8 and the Schedule so far as they relate to the Criminal Jurisdiction Act 1975 and the Criminal Damage (Northern Ireland) Order 1977.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "fully exercised SR 1992/468"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "1975 c. 59"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "1977 NI 4"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1991/1711/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:45:30.260548+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."
}