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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-security-and-investment-act-2021/section-37",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2021/25",
  "legislation_title": "National Security and Investment Act 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-security-and-investment-act-2021",
  "path": "section/37",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "37",
  "heading": "Prosecution",
  "text": "Proceedings for an offence under this Act may be instituted—\n(a) in England and Wales, only by the Director of Public Prosecutions, and\n(b) in Northern Ireland, only by the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 37 in force at 4.1.2022 by S.I. 2021/1465, regs. 2, 3 (with regs. 4, 5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2021/25/section/37",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:58:12.956043+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."
}