{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-interim-arrangements-act-2023/section-3",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2023/21",
  "legislation_title": "Northern Ireland (Interim Arrangements) Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-interim-arrangements-act-2023",
  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Exception to Assembly power to call for witnesses and documents",
  "text": "In section 44 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (power to call witnesses and documents), in subsection (4)—\n(a) after “in connection with” insert\n“—”;\n(a)\n(b) at the end insert\n“, or\n(b) the giving of a direction under section 5A of the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2022 or the exercise of a function in accordance with such a direction.”",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 3 in force at Royal Assent, see s. 6"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/21/section/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:52:47.536978+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."
}