{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-northern-ireland-act-2002/section-28",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-northern-ireland-act-2002/section-28.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2002/26",
  "legislation_title": "Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-northern-ireland-act-2002",
  "path": "section/28",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "28",
  "heading": "Functions of Advocate General",
  "text": "(1) Schedule 7 makes provision about the functions of the Advocate General for Northern Ireland.\n(2) The Secretary of State may by order make amendments in any enactment or instrument (whenever passed or made) for, or in connection with, the transfer to the Advocate General for Northern Ireland of a function of the Attorney General for Northern Ireland of giving consent to the institution or conduct of criminal proceedings (whether or not as an alternative to the consent of any other person).",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 28(1) in force at 12.4.2010 for specified purposes by S.R. 2010/113, art. 2, Sch. para. 8"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 28(2) in force at 12.4.2010 by S.R. 2010/113, art. 2, Sch. para. 9"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/26/section/28",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:19:23.998184+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."
}