{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-1998-devolution-of-policing-and-justice-functions-order-2010/schedule-15/paragraph-23",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-1998-devolution-of-policing-and-justice-functions-order-2010/schedule-15/paragraph-23.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/976",
  "legislation_title": "The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-1998-devolution-of-policing-and-justice-functions-order-2010",
  "path": "schedule/15/paragraph/23",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Amend section 97 (confiscation orders) as follows.\n(2) In subsection (1) omit—\n(a) the “or” after paragraph (a),\n(b) paragraph (b), and\n(c) the words “or Northern Ireland (as the case may be)”.\n(3) After subsection (1) insert—\n“(1A) The Department of Justice in Northern Ireland may by order make such provision as the Department considers appropriate for or in connection with enabling confiscation orders under Part 4 of the 2002 Act (confiscation: Northern Ireland) to be made by magistrates’ courts in Northern Ireland.”\n(4) In subsections (2) and (3) after “(1)” insert “or (1A)”.\n(5) In subsection (3)—\n(a) after “2002 Act” insert “(as the case may be)”;\n(b) for “either (or any provision) of those Parts” substitute “that Part (or any provision of that Part)”.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 15 para. 23 in force at 12.4.2010, see art. 1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The “2002 Act” is the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (c. 29)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/976/schedule/15/paragraph/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:45:39.950485+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."
}