{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-and-investigations-act-1996/schedule-4/paragraph-14C",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-and-investigations-act-1996/schedule-4/paragraph-14C.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/25",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-and-investigations-act-1996",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/14C",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "14C",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In section 25—\n(a) in subsection (1)—\n(i) for “Secretary of State” substitute “Department of Justice”;\n(ii) for “he” (wherever occurring) substitute “the Department”;\n(iii) for “him” substitute “it”;\n(b) in subsection (2)—\n(i) for “Secretary of State” substitute “Department of Justice”;\n(ii) for “he” (wherever occurring) substitute “the Department”;\n(iii) for “each House of Parliament” substitute “the Northern Ireland Assembly”;\n(c) after subsection (2) insert—\n“(2A) Section 41(3) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 applies for the purposes of subsection (2) in relation to the laying of a code as it applies in relation to the laying of a statutory document under an enactment.”;\n(d) in subsection (4) for “Secretary of State” substitute “Department of Justice”;\n(e) after subsection (4) insert—\n“(5) Subsections (1) to (4) above apply in relation to a code prepared by the Secretary of State under section 23(9) as they apply in relation to a code prepared by the Department of Justice and for this purpose—\n(a) references to the Department of Justice are to be read as references to the Secretary of State;\n(b) in subsection (2) the reference to the Northern Ireland Assembly is to be read as a reference to Parliament.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 paras. 14B, 14C and cross-heading inserted (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 1(2), Sch. 14 para. 34(5) (with arts. 28-31)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "nisi/1999/2789",
      "affecting_title": "The Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1999"
    },
    {
      "type": "added",
      "affecting": "nisi/2003/1247",
      "affecting_title": "The Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2003"
    },
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "nisi/2003/435",
      "affecting_title": "Access to Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2003"
    },
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "nisi/2003/435",
      "affecting_title": "Access to Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2003"
    },
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2003/44",
      "affecting_title": "Criminal Justice Act 2003"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/25/schedule/4/paragraph/14C",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:32:07.183739+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."
}