{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-act-northern-ireland-2011/section-53",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-act-northern-ireland-2011/section-53.json",
  "legislation": "nia/2011/24",
  "legislation_title": "Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-act-northern-ireland-2011",
  "path": "section/53",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "53",
  "heading": "Extension of maximum period of deferment of sentence",
  "text": "(1) Article 3 of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (NI 24) (deferment of sentence) is amended as follows.\n(2) In paragraph (2) (deferment not to exceed 6 months) for “6 months” substitute “ the relevant period ”.\n(3) After paragraph (2) insert—\n“(2A) In paragraph (2) “the relevant period” means—\n(a) if the court makes an order under Article 28(1) of the Road Traffic Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 in respect of the offender, 6 months;\n(b) in any other case, 12 months.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2011/24/section/53",
    "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."
}