{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-northern-ireland-act-2004/section-19",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-northern-ireland-act-2004/section-19.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2004/4",
  "legislation_title": "Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-northern-ireland-act-2004",
  "path": "section/19",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Commencement",
  "text": "(1) The preceding provisions of this Act (with the Schedules) shall not come into force until such day as the Secretary of State may by order appoint.\n(2) An order may appoint different days for different purposes.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "P",
      "label": "P1",
      "text": "S. 19 power exercised, different dates appointed for specified provisions as follows: 14.7.2004 by S.R. 2004/267, art. 2; 29.10.2004 by S.R. 2004/432, art. 2; 13.6.2005, 15.6.2005, 25.7.2005, and 1.2.2006 by S.R. 2005/282, arts. 2-5; 12.4.2010 by S.R. 2010/114, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/4/section/19",
    "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."
}