{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-and-investigations-act-1996/schedule-4/paragraph-4A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-and-investigations-act-1996/schedule-4/paragraph-4A.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/4A",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4A",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "After section 2(5) insert—\n“(5A) References to the appropriate authority—\n(a) in relation to cases where a certificate has been issued under section 1 of the Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007, are references to the Secretary of State;\n(b) in relation to all other cases, are references to the Department of Justice.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 4A 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(2) (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      "type": "repealed",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      "type": "repealed",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      "type": "repealed",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      "type": "repealed",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/4A",
    "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."
}