{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-miscellaneous-provisions-northern-ireland-order-1981/article-9A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-miscellaneous-provisions-northern-ireland-order-1981/article-9A.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1981/839",
  "legislation_title": "The Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-miscellaneous-provisions-northern-ireland-order-1981",
  "path": "article/9A",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "9A",
  "heading": "Offences: extension of time limit",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of paragraph (2) a relevant offence is an offence under Article . . . , 7B(11) or 9(2) for which proceedings are instituted by the Department.\n(2) Notwithstanding Article 19(1)(a) of the Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (complaint to be made within 6 months of offence) a complaint relating to a relevant offence may be made at any time—\n(a) within 3 years after the date of the commission of the offence, and\n(b) within 6 months after the date on which evidence sufficient in the opinion of the Department to justify the proceedings came to its knowledge.\n(3) For the purposes of this Article, a certificate of the Department as to the date on which evidence came to its knowledge is conclusive evidence.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "1999 NI 9"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 9A(1) repealed (3.8.2010) by Employment Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 (c. 12), ss. 7(2), 8(2), Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in art. 9A(1) inserted (15.1.2006) by Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3424 (N.I. 20)), arts. 1(2), 2(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1981/839/article/9A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:51:55.566338+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."
}