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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-and-investigations-act-1996-application-to-the-armed-forces-order-2009/article-5",
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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/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Initial duty of Director to disclose: further provisions",
  "text": "(1) This article applies where—\n(a) the Director acts under article 4, and\n(b) before so doing he was given a document in pursuance of provision included in a code of practice made under section 78(2)(b) of the 1996 Act and referred to in section 24(3) of that Act.\n(2) In such a case the Director must give the document to the accused at the same time as the Director acts under article 4.",
  "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/5",
    "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."
}