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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-1998-act-commencement-no-1-order-northern-ireland-1998/article-3",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1998/346",
  "legislation_title": "The Police (1998 Act) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 1998",
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  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Appointed day",
  "text": "Subject to Article 4, the following provisions of the Act shall come into operation on 8th October 1998—\nsection 2(5)(a) to (c),\nsection 7,\nPart II of the Act (Policing objectives, Performance Targets and Plans),\nsection 19(2)(a),\nsection 24 and Schedule 2 (Attestation of constables),\nPart VI of the Act (Reports),\nsection 74(1) and (3) insofar as it relates to the amendments in paragraph 18(2), (3) and (4) of Schedule 4, and in Schedule 6 (repeals), the following—\n(a) the Constabulary (Ireland) Act 1836 insofar as sections 5 and 17 are concerned;\n(b) the Constabulary Act (Northern Ireland 1922 insofar as section 7(1)(c) and Schedule 2 are concerned;\n(c) subject to Article 4, section 15 of the Police Act (Northern Ireland) 1970; and\n(d) Article 82 of the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989,\nsection 75,\nsection 76(1), and\nsection 77.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1836 c. 13"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1922 c. 8"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1970 c. 9 (N.I.) as modified by S.I. 1973/2163 and amended by S.I. 1980/704 (N.I. 6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "S.I. 1989/1431 (N.I. 12)"
    }
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  "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."
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