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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-sexual-offences-northern-ireland-order-2008/schedule-2/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2008/9780110800936",
  "legislation_title": "The Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-sexual-offences-northern-ireland-order-2008",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/2",
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  "number": "2",
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  "text": "(1) Until Article 60 of, and Schedule 8 to, the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (NI 11) (repeals) come fully into force in relation to Schedule 1 to the Protection of Children and Vulnerable Adults (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 (“the 2003 Order”), Schedule 1 to the 2003 Order (meaning of “offence against a child”) shall have effect with the following modifications.\n(2) For the purposes of paragraph 1, the offences mentioned in Article 22(1)(a) include any offence under any provision of Part 3 of this Order.\n(3) For the purposes of paragraph 2, the offences mentioned in Article 22(1)(b) include any offence under any provision of Part 2, Part 4 or Article 65 of this Order.\n(4) A person falls within paragraph 3 if he commits an offence under Article or 67 of this Order where—\n(a) the intended offence was an offence under any provision of Part 3 of this Order, or\n(b) the intended offence was an offence under any provision of Part 2, Part 4 or Article 65 of this Order, and the intended victim was a child (within the meaning of the 2003 Order).",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2008/9780110800936/schedule/2/paragraph/2",
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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."
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