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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-northern-ireland-act-1998-commencement-order-northern-ireland-2000/article-2",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2000/399",
  "legislation_title": "Police (Northern Ireland) Act 1998 (Commencement) Order (Northern Ireland) 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-northern-ireland-act-1998-commencement-order-northern-ireland-2000",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“the 1987 Order” means the Police (Northern Ireland) Order 1987;\n“the 1998 Act” means the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 1998;\n“Chief Constable” includes a person discharging the functions of the Chief Constable;\n“the commencement date” has the meaning assigned thereto by Article 3 below;\n“the Commission” means the Independent Commission for Police Complaints for Northern Ireland established in pursuance of Article 3(1) of the 1987 Order;\n“complaint” has the meaning assigned to it by section 50 of the 1998 Act;\n“the former complaint provisions” means the provisions applicable to complaints against members of the Police force in operation immediately before the commencement date; and\n“the Ombudsman” means the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland established by section 51 of the 1998 Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1987 No. 938 (N.I. 10)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2000/399/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:13:34.369510+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."
}