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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-1998-devolution-of-policing-and-justice-functions-order-2010/schedule-3/paragraph-97",
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  "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/3/paragraph/97",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "97",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Amend section 3 (section 2: supplemental) as follows.\n(2) After subsection (5) insert—\n“(6) In relation to emergencies that do not fall within section 1(1)(c), the power under subsection (1) to issue guidance to the Chief Constable (PSNI) is exercisable by the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland (and not by a Minister of the Crown).”",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 97 in force at 12.4.2010, see art. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
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    "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."
}