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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-emergency-provisions-act-1987-commencement-no1-order-1987/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1987/1241",
  "legislation_title": "The Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1987 (Commencement No.1) Order 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-emergency-provisions-act-1987-commencement-no1-order-1987",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order brings into force Part III of the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1987, which contains provisions concerning the regulation of the provision of security services. Those provisions which relate to certificates granted by the Secretary of State are brought into force on 1st August 1987; and those provisions which create offences of providing security services without a licence and making payments for security services to a person who is neither the holder, nor acting on behalf of the holder, of a certificate are brought into force on 1st January 1988.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1241/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:23:39.630499+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."
}