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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-and-investigations-act-1996-appointed-day-no-5-order-1997/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1504",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (Appointed Day No. 5) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-and-investigations-act-1996-appointed-day-no-5-order-1997",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order, which extends to Northern Ireland only, appoints 30th June 1997 for the purposes of sections 54 and 61 of the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (“the Act”).\nSection 54, 56, 57, 58, and 59 of the Act have effect in their application to Northern Ireland subject to the modifications set out in Schedule 4 to the Act.\nThe provisions specified in article 2 of this Order apply—\n(a) in the case of section 54 (tainted acquittals), in relation to acquittals in respect of offences alleged to be committed on or after 30th June 1997 (section 54(7));\n(b) in the case of section 61 (which relates to the application of section 58 and concerns the reporting of derogatory assertions), where the offence in question is committed on or after 30th June 1997 (section 61(1)).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1504/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:07:06.139741+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."
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