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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-and-investigations-act-1996-application-to-the-armed-forces-order-2009/article-15",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/988",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (Application to the Armed Forces) Order 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-and-investigations-act-1996-application-to-the-armed-forces-order-2009",
  "path": "article/15",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Director’s failure to observe time limits",
  "text": "(1) This article applies if the Director—\n(a) purports to act under article 4, but does not comply with the requirement to act as soon as reasonably practicable under article 4(8); or\n(b) purports to act under article 13(5), but does not comply with the requirement to act as soon as reasonably practicable.\n(2) Subject to paragraph (3), the failure to comply with the relevant requirement does not on its own constitute grounds for staying the proceedings for abuse of process.\n(3) Paragraph (2) does not prevent the failure constituting such grounds if it involves such delay by the Director that the accused is denied a fair trial.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/988/article/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:13:05.484921+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."
}