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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/life-sentences-northern-ireland-order-2001-commencement-order-2001/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2001/337",
  "legislation_title": "Life Sentences (Northern Ireland) Order 2001 (Commencement) Order 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/life-sentences-northern-ireland-order-2001-commencement-order-2001",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order.)\nThis Order brings into operation on 8th October 2001 The Life Sentences (Northern Ireland) Order 2001 which provides for the release and recall of persons serving a sentence of life imprisonment or detention during the pleasure of the Secretary of State.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2001/337/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:10:19.431394+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."
}