{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-abuse-safe-leave-act-northern-ireland-2022/section-5",
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  "legislation": "nia/2022/27",
  "legislation_title": "Domestic Abuse (Safe Leave) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-abuse-safe-leave-act-northern-ireland-2022",
  "path": "section/5",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Commencement",
  "text": "(1) Sections 1 to 3 come into operation on such day or days as the Department for the Economy may by order appoint.\n(2) The other provisions of this Act come into operation on the day after Royal Assent.\n(3) An order under this section may make such transitory or transitional provision, or savings, as the Department considers necessary or expedient.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 5 in operation at 13.5.2022, see s. 5(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2022/27/section/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:19:14.485493+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."
}