{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/homosexual-offences-northern-ireland-order-1982/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/homosexual-offences-northern-ireland-order-1982/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1982/1536",
  "legislation_title": "The Homosexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 1982",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/homosexual-offences-northern-ireland-order-1982",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to Article 1 and the following provisions of this Order as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.\n(2) In this Order—\nDefinition rep. by 2003 NI 13\n“the Act of 1885” means the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885;\n“the Order of 1981” means the Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981;\n“homosexual act”, in relation to a man, means buggery with another man...;\n“man” includes boy;\n“statutory provision” has the meaning given by section 1(f) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "1954 c. 33 (N.I.)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "1885 c. 69."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S.I. 1981/1675 (N.I. 26)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "2003 c. 42"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1982/1536/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:49:30.796247+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."
}