{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-2000-repealed/section-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-2000-repealed/section-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2000/1",
  "legislation_title": "Northern Ireland Act 2000 (repealed)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-2000-repealed",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Ending suspension.",
  "text": "(1) As soon as is reasonably practicable after section 1 comes into force, the Secretary of State must take steps to initiate a review under the Validation, Implementation and Review section of the Belfast Agreement.\n(2) The Secretary of State may by order (“a restoration order”) provide that section 1 is to cease to have effect on the date specified in the order.\n(3) Before making a restoration order, the Secretary of State must take into account the result of the review conducted as a result of subsection (1).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 2(3) excluded (8.5.2007) by Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2006 (c. 53), s. 2(2) (as amended by 2007 c. 4, s. 1(1)), 27(1), {Sch. 2 para. 4(2)}; S.I. 2007/1397, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/1/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:21:31.512326+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."
}