{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-serious-fraud-northern-ireland-order-1988/article-8A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-serious-fraud-northern-ireland-order-1988/article-8A.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1988/1846",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Justice (Serious Fraud) (Northern Ireland) Order 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-serious-fraud-northern-ireland-order-1988",
  "path": "article/8A",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8A",
  "heading": "Orders before preparatory hearing",
  "text": "(1) Paragraph (2) applies where—\n(a) a judge orders a preparatory hearing, and\n(b) he decides that any order which could be made under Article 8(4) or (5) at the hearing should be made before the hearing.\n(2) In such a case—\n(a) he may make any such order before the hearing (or at the hearing), and\n(b) paragraphs (4) to (10) of Article 8 shall apply accordingly.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 8A inserted (4.7.1996 with application as mentioned in Sch. 3 para. 8 of the amending Act) by Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (c. 25), s. 72, Sch. 3 para. 5 (as modified in its application to Northern Ireland by Sch. 4 para. 35)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1988/1846/article/8A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:47:36.178469+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."
}