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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-sexual-offences-northern-ireland-consequential-amendments-order-2008/article-3",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2008/9780110800950",
  "legislation_title": "The Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland Consequential Amendments) Order 2008",
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  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Sexual Offences Act 2003",
  "text": "The Sexual Offences Act 2003 is amended in accordance with the following provisions of this Part.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2003 c. 42. Sections 15 and 72 were amended by the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. ). Section 142(2) was amended by paragraph 3 of Schedule 4 to the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 (c. 38). In Schedule 5, paragraph 171 was amended by the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Amendment of Schedules 3 and 5) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/296) and paragraph 171A was inserted by paragraph 59(3) of Schedule 10 to the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (c. 28)."
    }
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  "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."
}