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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-violence-crime-and-victims-act-2004/section-61",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2004/28",
  "legislation_title": "Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-violence-crime-and-victims-act-2004",
  "path": "section/61",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "61",
  "heading": "Orders",
  "text": "(1) An order under this Act—\n(a) may make different provision for different purposes;\n(b) may include supplementary, incidental, saving or transitional provisions.\n(2) Any power of the Secretary of State to make an order under this Act is exercisable by statutory instrument.\n(3) A statutory instrument containing an order under section 8A(8) or 33(7) is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.\n(4) No order may be made under section 14(5), 53(4) or 54(4) unless a draft of the order has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House.\n(5) Any power of the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland to make an order under this Act is exercisable by statutory rule for the purposes of the Statutory Rules (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 .\n(6) An order made by the Department of Justice is subject to negative resolution (within the meaning of section 41(6) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 ).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 61(2) inserted (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), arts. 1(2), 12, Sch. 14 para. 88(2) (with arts. 28-31); S.I. 2010/977, art. 1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in s. 61(3) substituted (15.9.2026) by Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 (c. 21), ss. 19(4), 81(2) (with s. 32); S.I. 2026/1009, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 61(5)(6) inserted (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), arts. 1(2), 12, Sch. 14 para. 88(3) (with arts. 28-31); S.I. 2010/977, art. 1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "S.I. 1979/1573 (N.I. 12)."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1954 c. 33 (N.I.)."
    }
  ],
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      "affecting_title": "Victims and Courts Act 2026"
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/28/section/61",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:16:58.721276+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."
}