{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-assistance-for-political-parties-act-northern-ireland-2000/section-3",
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  "legislation": "nia/2000/1",
  "legislation_title": "Financial Assistance for Political Parties Act (Northern Ireland) 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-assistance-for-political-parties-act-northern-ireland-2000",
  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Transitional arrangements",
  "text": "(1) In relation to the interim period the existing arrangements shall have effect as if contained in a scheme in force under section 2.\n(2) In this section—\n“the interim period” means the period—\n(a)beginning on 1st December 1999; and\n(b)ending on whichever is the earlier of—\n(i)31st March 2000; and\n(ii)the day immediately before that on which the first scheme under section 2 comes into force;\n“the existing arrangements” means the arrangements which were—\n(a)made by the Secretary of State for the funding of political parties in the Assembly; and\n(b)in force immediately before the beginning of the interim period.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2000/1/section/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:21:58.635783+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."
}