{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997-criminal-record-certificates-relevant-matters-amendment-order-northern-ireland-2021/article-2",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2021/156",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Record Certificates: Relevant Matters) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997-criminal-record-certificates-relevant-matters-amendment-order-northern-ireland-2021",
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  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Police Act 1997",
  "text": "In section 113A(6) of the Police Act 1997, in the definition of “relevant matter” as it has effect in Northern Ireland–\n(a) in paragraph (a) for “in relation to a person who has one conviction only” substitute “any of the following convictions”;\n(b) omit paragraph (b).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 113A(6) was amended by article 3 of the Police Act 1997 (Criminal Record Certificates: Relevant Matters)(Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2014 (S.R. 2014 No.100) and came into operation on 14th April 2014."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2021/156/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:38:45.667899+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."
}