{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-1998-devolution-of-policing-and-justice-functions-order-2010/schedule-5/paragraph-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-1998-devolution-of-policing-and-justice-functions-order-2010/schedule-5/paragraph-8.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/5/paragraph/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In Article 10 (life prisoners transferred to Northern Ireland)—\n(a) in paragraph (1)—\n(i) for “Secretary of State” substitute “Department of Justice”; and\n(ii) for “his opinion” substitute “its opinion”;\n(b) in paragraph (2)—\n(i) for “the Secretary of State certifies his opinion” substitute “the Department of Justice certifies its opinion”; and\n(ii) for “the Secretary of State would have directed” substitute “a direction would have been given”; and\n(c) in paragraph (4)(b)(ii) and (iii) omit “by the Secretary of State”.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 8 in force at 12.4.2010, see art. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/976/schedule/5/paragraph/8",
    "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."
}