{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-compulsory-insurance-act-northern-ireland-2022/section-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-compulsory-insurance-act-northern-ireland-2022/section-2.json",
  "legislation": "nia/2022/16",
  "legislation_title": "Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-compulsory-insurance-act-northern-ireland-2022",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Crown application, commencement and short title",
  "text": "(1) This Act binds the Crown to the full extent authorised or permitted by the constitutional laws of Northern Ireland.\n(2) This Act comes into operation on the day after the day on which this Act receives Royal Assent.\n(3) This Act may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 2 in operation at 27.4.2022, see s. 2(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2022/16/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:19:22.570814+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."
}