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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-northern-ireland-act-2004/schedule-3/paragraph-7",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2004/4",
  "legislation_title": "Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-northern-ireland-act-2004",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) A person who assaults a court security officer acting in the execution of his duty commits an offence.\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under sub-paragraph (1) is liable on summary conviction to—\n(a) a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or\n(b) imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months,\nor to both.\n(3) A person who resists or intentionally obstructs a court security officer acting in the execution of his duty commits an offence.\n(4) A person guilty of an offence under sub-paragraph (3) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/4/schedule/3/paragraph/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:17:28.944206+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."
}