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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-troubles-legacy-and-reconciliation-act-2023/schedule-9/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2023/41",
  "legislation_title": "Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-troubles-legacy-and-reconciliation-act-2023",
  "path": "schedule/9/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Right of the Secretary of State to intervene",
  "text": "(1) This paragraph applies to an action if—\n(a) sufficient evidence is adduced to raise an issue as to whether it is an action that contravenes a section 43 prohibition, or\n(b) it otherwise appears to the court that it may be an action that contravenes a section 43 prohibition.\n(2) The Secretary of State is entitled to be given notice, in accordance with rules of court, that it may be an action that contravenes a section 43 prohibition.\n(3) The Secretary of State (or a person nominated by the Secretary of State) is entitled, on giving notice in accordance with rules of court, to be joined as a party to the action.\n(4) Notice under sub-paragraph (3) may be given at any time during proceedings relating to the action.\n(5) A person who has been made a party to the action as the result of a notice under sub-paragraph (3) may take part in proceedings so far as they concern the question of whether it is an action that contravenes a section 43 prohibition.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 9 para. 2 in force at 18.11.2023, see s. 63(2)(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/41/schedule/9/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:51:56.215171+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."
}