{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/modern-slavery-act-2015-power-of-arrest-code-of-practice-order-northern-ireland-2016/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/modern-slavery-act-2015-power-of-arrest-code-of-practice-order-northern-ireland-2016/note.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2016/81",
  "legislation_title": "The Modern Slavery Act 2015 (Power of arrest: Code of Practice) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/modern-slavery-act-2015-power-of-arrest-code-of-practice-order-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order brings into operation a Code of Practice to be followed by Northern Ireland constables and enforcement officers when arresting a person under the power conferred by paragraph 22(2) of Schedule 2 to the Modern Slavery Act 2015. The Code takes effect upon commencement of Part 3 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Modern Slavery Act 2015.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/81/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:58:07.197090+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."
}