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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-act-northern-ireland-2011/schedule-2/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-act-northern-ireland-2011/schedule-2/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "nia/2011/24",
  "legislation_title": "Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-act-northern-ireland-2011",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) In this Schedule, in relation to a DPCSP—\n“independent member” means a member appointed under paragraph 4;\n“political member” means a member appointed under paragraph 3.\n(2) In this Schedule “local general election” has the same meaning as in the Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962 (c. 14).\n(3) In this Schedule a “declaration against terrorism” means a declaration in the form set out in Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Elected Authorities (Northern Ireland) Act 1989 (c. 3), with the substitution of the words “if appointed” for the words “if elected”.\n(4) In this Schedule, in relation to a DPCSP and the holding of a local general election—\n“the transitional period” means the period—\n(a)beginning with the election day; and\n(b)ending with the day before the reconstitution date;\n“reconstitution date” means the date published by notice of the Policing Board under paragraph 4(3).\n(5) For the purposes of this Schedule an independent member of a council shall be treated as a party.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 1 in operation at 1.4.2012 by S.R. 2012/142, art. 2(a)"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2011/24/schedule/2/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:20:43.017346+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."
}