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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-sentences-act-1998/schedule-2/paragraph-7",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1998/35",
  "legislation_title": "Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-sentences-act-1998",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The rules may permit Commissioners to hold proceedings in specified circumstances in the absence of any person, including the prisoner concerned and any representative appointed by him.\n(2) Where a prisoner and any representative appointed by him are excluded from proceedings by virtue of sub-paragraph (1), the Advocate General for Northern Ireland may appoint a person to represent the prisoner’s interests in those proceedings.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 7(2) substituted (12.4.2010) by Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 (c. 26), s. 87(1), Sch. 7 para. 20; S.R. 2010/113, art. 2, Sch. para. 19(d)"
    }
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:22:32.009906+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."
}