{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-sentences-act-1998/section-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-sentences-act-1998/section-8.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1998/35",
  "legislation_title": "Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-sentences-act-1998",
  "path": "section/8",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Revocation of declaration.",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State shall apply to Commissioners to revoke a declaration under section 3(1) if, at any time before the prisoner is released under section 4 or 6, the Secretary of State believes—\n(a) that as a result of an order under section 3(8), or a change in the prisoner’s circumstances, an applicable condition in section 3 is not satisfied, or\n(b) that evidence or information which was not available to the Commissioners when they granted the declaration suggests that an applicable condition in section 3 is not satisfied.\n(2) The Commissioners shall grant an application under this section if (and only if) the prisoner has not been released under section 4 or 6 and they believe—\n(a) that as a result of an order under section 3(8), or a change in the prisoner’s circumstances, an applicable condition in section 3 is not satisfied, or\n(b) that evidence or information which was not available to them when they granted the declaration suggests that an applicable condition in section 3 is not satisfied.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/35/section/8",
    "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."
}