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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-northern-ireland-order-2005/article-9",
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  "legislation": "nisi/2005/1965",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-northern-ireland-order-2005",
  "path": "article/9",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Recall of life prisoner on licence",
  "text": "In Article 9 of the Life Sentences (Northern Ireland) Order 2001 (NI 2) (recall of life prisoner on licence) after paragraph (5) insert—\n“(5A) The Commissioners shall not give a direction under paragraph (5) unless they are satisfied that it is no longer necessary for the protection of the public from serious harm that the prisoner should be confined.” .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2005/1965/article/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:39:37.429476+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."
}