{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-abuse-and-civil-proceedings-act-northern-ireland-2021/section-22",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-abuse-and-civil-proceedings-act-northern-ireland-2021/section-22.json",
  "legislation": "nia/2021/2",
  "legislation_title": "Domestic Abuse and Civil Proceedings Act (Northern Ireland) 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-abuse-and-civil-proceedings-act-northern-ireland-2021",
  "path": "section/22",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "22",
  "heading": "No right to claim trial by jury",
  "text": "In Article 29(1) of the Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (right to claim trial by jury for certain summary offences), after sub-paragraph (p) insert—\n“(q) section 1 of the Domestic Abuse and Civil Proceedings Act (Northern Ireland) 2021 (the domestic abuse offence).”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 22 in operation at 21.2.2022 by S.R. 2022/57, art. 2(v)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2021/2/section/22",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:19:39.398803+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."
}