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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-emergency-provisions-act-1996-repealed/section-58",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/22",
  "legislation_title": "Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1996 (repealed)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-emergency-provisions-act-1996-repealed",
  "path": "section/58",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "58",
  "heading": "General interpretation.",
  "text": "In this Act, except so far as the context otherwise requires—\n“dwelling-house” means any building or part of a building used as a dwelling;\n“explosive” means any article or substance manufactured for the purpose of producing a practical effect by explosion;\n“explosive substance” means any substance for the time being specified in regulations made under section 3 of the Explosives Act (Northern Ireland) 1970;\n“firearm” includes an air gun or air pistol;\n“proscribed organisation” means an organisation for the time being specified in Schedule 2 to this Act, including an organisation which is to be treated as a proscribed organisation by virtue of section 30(2);\n“public place” means a place to which for the time being members of the public have or are permitted to have access, whether on payment or otherwise;\n“scheduled offence” has the meaning given by section 1;\n“terrorism” means the use of violence for political ends and includes any use of violence for the purpose of putting the public or any section of the public in fear;\n“terrorist” means a person who is or has been concerned in the commission or attempted commission of any act of terrorism or in directing, organising or training persons for the purpose of terrorism;\n“vehicle” includes a hovercraft.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1970 c. 10 (N.I.)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/22/section/58",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:32:09.613224+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."
}