{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-royal-assent-to-bills-order-1999/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-royal-assent-to-bills-order-1999/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/664",
  "legislation_title": "The Northern Ireland (Royal Assent to Bills) Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-royal-assent-to-bills-order-1999",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Northern Ireland (Royal Assent to Bills) Order 1999 and shall come into force on the appointed day.\n(2) In this Order, references to Letters Patent are to Letters Patent signed with Her Majesty’s own hand signifying Her Assent to a Bill passed by the Northern Ireland Assembly.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "“the appointed day” is defined in section 3(1) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/664/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:57:40.529590+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."
}