{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-public-order-and-criminal-justice-scotland-act-2006/section-47A",
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  "legislation": "asp/2006/10",
  "legislation_title": "Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-public-order-and-criminal-justice-scotland-act-2006",
  "path": "section/47A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "47A",
  "heading": "Complaint or investigation relating to Northern Ireland Troubles",
  "text": "(1) On and after the day on which section 45 of the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 comes into force, this Part—\n(a) ceases to apply to a complaint or investigation (if the complaint was made, or investigation was begun, before that day), or\n(b) does not apply to a complaint or investigation (if the complaint is made, or investigation is to begin, on or after that day),\ninsofar as the complaint or investigation relates to conduct forming part of the Troubles.\n(2) In this section “conduct forming part of the Troubles” has the same meaning as in the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 (see section 1 of that Act).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 47A inserted (1.5.2024) by Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 (c. 41), ss. 45(3), 63(3) (with s. 61)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2006/10/section/47A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:16:12.377722+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."
}