{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-northern-ireland-order-2008/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-northern-ireland-order-2008/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/2008/1216",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-northern-ireland-order-2008",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "General interpretation",
  "text": "The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 (c. 33) applies to this Order as it applies to an Act of the Assembly ; and in this Order, “statutory provision” has the same meaning as in that Act .",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 2 inserted (1.6.2018) by Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 21), ss. 29(9), 61(2) (with s. 29(12)); S.R. 2018/99, art. 2(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2008/1216/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:39:03.144833+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."
}