{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offensive-weapons-act-2019-commencement-no-1-order-northern-ireland-2022/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2022/235",
  "legislation_title": "The Offensive Weapons Act 2019 (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offensive-weapons-act-2019-commencement-no-1-order-northern-ireland-2022",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Criminal Law\nMade 29th September 2022\nComing into operation 6th October 2022\nThe Department of Justice, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 70(3) of the Offensive Weapons Act 2019 makes the following Order.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Offensive Weapons Act 2019"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2022/235/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:33:31.327069+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."
}