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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-northern-ireland-order-1996-code-of-practice-order-1998/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1998/201",
  "legislation_title": "The Proceeds of Crime (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (Code of Practice) Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-northern-ireland-order-1996-code-of-practice-order-1998",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE\nMade 29th May 1998\nComing into operation 26th June 1998\nWhereas—\n(a) in pursuance of paragraph 8(1) of Schedule 2 (hereinafter referred to as “the Schedule”) to the Proceeds of Crime (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (hereinafter referred to as “the Order”) the Secretary of State is under a duty to make a Code of Practice in connection with the exercise by financial investigators of the powers conferred by the Schedule;\n(b) in pursuance of paragraph 8(2) of the Schedule to the Order the Secretary of State has prepared and published a draft Code of Practice in connection with the said matter and has considered representations made to her thereon and modified the draft code accordingly;\n(c) in pursuance of paragraph 8(3) of the Schedule to the Order the Secretary of State has laid a draft of the Code of Practice before both Houses of Parliament:\nNow, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by paragraph 8(3) of the Schedule to the Order, hereby makes the following order:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1996/1299 (N.I. 9)"
    }
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  "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."
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