{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-date-of-the-next-assembly-poll-order-2017/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-date-of-the-next-assembly-poll-order-2017/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2017/32",
  "legislation_title": "The Northern Ireland (Date of the Next Assembly Poll) Order 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-date-of-the-next-assembly-poll-order-2017",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Northern Ireland\nConstitutional Law\nMade 19th January 2017\nComing into force 20th January 2017\nAt the Court at Sandringham, the 19th day of January 2017\nPresent,\nThe Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council\nHer Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 32(4) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order as follows.\nUnder section 32(3) of that Act, the Secretary of State has proposed 2nd March 2017 as the date for the poll for the election of the next Assembly.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1998 c. 47."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 32(3) was substituted by section 8(2) of, and paragraph 4 of Schedule 5 to, the Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2006 (c. 53)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/32/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:16:16.024535+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."
}