{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-criminal-evidence-northern-ireland-order-1989/schedule-1/paragraph-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-criminal-evidence-northern-ireland-order-1989/schedule-1/paragraph-8.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1989/1341",
  "legislation_title": "The Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-criminal-evidence-northern-ireland-order-1989",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Where notice of an application for an order under paragraph 4 has been served on a person, he shall not conceal, destroy, alter or dispose of the material to which the application relates except—\n(a) with the leave of a judge; or\n(b) with the written permission of a constable,\nuntil—\n(i) the application is dismissed or abandoned; or\n(ii) he has complied with an order under paragraph 4 made on the application.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1989/1341/schedule/1/paragraph/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:47:15.355333+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."
}