{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-act-northern-ireland-2015/schedule-1/paragraph-97",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-act-northern-ireland-2015/schedule-1/paragraph-97.json",
  "legislation": "nia/2015/9",
  "legislation_title": "Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-act-northern-ireland-2015",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/97",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "97",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) In Article 18(10A)(a) (execution of warrants) omit “for the petty sessions district in which the magistrate was acting when he issued the warrant”.\n(2) In Article 47 (detention after charge) for paragraphs (2) to (4) substitute—\n“(2) He shall be brought before a magistrates' court as soon as is practicable and in any event not later than the day next following the day on which he is charged.\n(3) Where the day next following the day on which he is charged with the offence is Christmas Day, Good Friday or a Sunday, he shall be brought before a magistrates' court not later than the next following day which is not one of those days.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 97 in operation at 31.10.2016 by S.R. 2016/387, art. 2(k) (with art. 3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2015/9/schedule/1/paragraph/97",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:20:10.058862+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."
}