{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/probation-board-northern-ireland-order-1982/article-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/probation-board-northern-ireland-order-1982/article-6.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1982/713",
  "legislation_title": "The Probation Board (Northern Ireland) Order 1982",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/probation-board-northern-ireland-order-1982",
  "path": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Directions of Department of Justice to the Board",
  "text": "The Department of Justice may, after consultation with the Board, give the Board directions of a general character as to the exercise and performance of its functions, and the Board shall give effect to any such directions.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 6 substituted (12.4.2010) by Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), arts. 1(2), 12, Sch. 14 para. 21 (with arts. 28-31); S.I. 2010/977, art. 1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 6 heading substituted (12.4.2010) by Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), arts. 1(2), 12, Sch. 14 para. 21 (with arts. 28-31); S.I. 2010/977, art. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1982/713/article/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:49:38.648831+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."
}