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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-act-northern-ireland-2011/schedule-6/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "nia/2011/24",
  "legislation_title": "Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2011",
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  "path": "schedule/6/paragraph/2",
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  "number": "2",
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  "text": "(1) The amendments made by sections 7 to 11 apply to proceedings instituted before the commencement of the amendment in question.\n(2) But the amendments made by sections 7 to 11 do not affect the continued operation of a special measures direction given before the commencement of the amendment in question.\n(3) Sub-paragraph (2) does not prevent an amendment made by sections 7 to 11 from applying after its commencement to—\n(a) the variation under Article 8 of the Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (NI 8) of a special measures direction that was given in relation to a witness before the commencement of the amendment, and\n(b) the giving of a new special measures direction in relation to a witness (including the giving of a new direction in a case where a special measures direction given in relation to the witness in question has been discharged under Article 8 of that Order after the commencement of the amendment).\n(4) In this paragraph “special measures direction” means a direction under Article 7 of the Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1999.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2011/24/schedule/6/paragraph/2",
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  "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."
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