{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-1998/section-47C",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-1998/section-47C.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1998/47",
  "legislation_title": "Northern Ireland Act 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-1998",
  "path": "section/47C",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "47C",
  "heading": "Section 47A: specified periods and extensions",
  "text": "(1) A period specified under section 47A(1) or (2) ...—\n(a) shall begin no earlier than the end of the day when the resolution or direction specifying it is passed or given;\n(b) shall begin no later than the end of the period of one month beginning with that day; and\n(c) shall not be longer than 12 months.\n(2) The power under section 47A(3) ... to extend a period is a power to extend it until the end of such period of not more than 12 months beginning with the date of the resolution, ..., by which the power is exercised as the resolution ... may provide.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 47A-47C inserted (7.1.2004) by Northern Ireland (Monitoring Commission etc.) Act 2003 (c. 25), ss. 7(1), 12; S.I. 2004/83, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 47C(1) omitted (1.4.2011) by virtue of Northern Ireland (Monitoring Commission etc.) Act 2003 (Cessation of Provisions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/978), arts. 1(2), 5(f)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 47C(2) omitted (1.4.2011) by virtue of Northern Ireland (Monitoring Commission etc.) Act 2003 (Cessation of Provisions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/978), arts. 1(2), 5(f)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 47C title substituted (1.4.2011) by Northern Ireland (Monitoring Commission etc.) Act 2003 (Cessation of Provisions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/978), arts. 1(2), 5(f)(iii)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/47/section/47C",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:22:12.253813+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."
}