{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-act-northern-ireland-2011/section-86",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-act-northern-ireland-2011/section-86.json",
  "legislation": "nia/2011/24",
  "legislation_title": "Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-act-northern-ireland-2011",
  "path": "section/86",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "86",
  "heading": "Civil legal services: scope",
  "text": "(1) In Schedule 2 to the Access to Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 (NI 10) (civil legal services) paragraph 2 is amended as follows.\n(2) After sub-paragraph (b) insert—\n“(ba) proceedings in the Crown Court for the variation or discharge of an order under Article 7 or 7A of the Protection from Harassment (Northern Ireland) Order 1997;\n(bb) proceedings in the Crown Court for the variation or discharge of a witness anonymity order under section 91 or 92 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009;”.\n(3) In sub-paragraph (d)(xii) after the words “under section” insert “ 215A, ”.\n(4) After sub-paragraph (d)(xv) insert—\n“(xvi) for the variation or discharge of an order under Article 7 or 7A of the Protection from Harassment (Northern Ireland) Order 1997,\n(xvii) for an order or the variation, renewal or discharge of an order under paragraph 5 or 10 of Schedule 5 to the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008,\n(xviii) for the discharge of an investigation anonymity order under section 80 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009,\n(xix) for the variation or discharge of a witness anonymity order under section 91 or 92 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009;”.\n(5) In sub-paragraph (i) omit “the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal or”.\n(6) After sub-paragraph (i) insert—\n“(ia) proceedings before the First-tier Tribunal under—\n(i) Schedule 2 to the Immigration Act 1971;\n(ii) section 40A of the British Nationality Act 1981;\n(iii) Part 5 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002; or\n(iv) regulation 26 of the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006,\n(ib) proceedings before the Upper Tribunal arising out of proceedings within sub-paragraph (ia),”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 86 in operation at 7.1.2013 by S.R. 2012/449, art. 2(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2011/24/section/86",
    "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."
}