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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-act-northern-ireland-2011/schedule-2/paragraph-7",
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  "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/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) A DPCSP must designate at least 4 organisations for the purposes of this paragraph.\n(2) A DPCSP may at any time revoke a designation under sub-paragraph (1).\n(3) The Department may by order designate organisations for the purposes of this paragraph.\n(4) No order may be made under sub-paragraph (3) unless—\n(a) the Department has consulted each DPCSP; and\n(b) a draft of the order has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, the Assembly.\n(5) An organisation for the time being designated by a DPCSP or by an order under sub-paragraph (3) must nominate a person to attend a meeting of the DPCSP or a committee appointed under paragraph 14.\n(6) A person who is so nominated and attends a meeting is to be treated as a member of the DPCSP or the committee.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 7 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/7",
    "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."
}