{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-northern-ireland-order-1996/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-northern-ireland-order-1996/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1996/1299",
  "legislation_title": "The Proceeds of Crime (Northern Ireland) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-northern-ireland-order-1996",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) The 1954 c. 33 (N.I.). Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to Article 1 and the following provisions of this Order as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.\n(2) In this Order—\n“authorised government department” means a government department or a Northern Ireland department which is an authorised department for the purposes of the 1947 c. 44. Crown Proceedings Act 1947;\nDefinitions rep. by 2002 c. 29\n“financial investigator” means a person authorised under Article 49(1) to exercise the powers conferred by Schedule 2;\nDefinitions rep. by 2002 c. 29\n“statutory provision” has the meaning assigned to it by section 1 (f) of the 1954 c. 33 (N.I.). Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954.\nParas. (3)‐(10) rep. by 2002 c. 29\n(11) Subject to paragraph 1(1) and (5) of Schedule 4, references in this Order to drug trafficking include references to any trafficking carried out before the coming into operation of this Order.\nPara. (12) rep. by 2002 c. 29",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "2001 NI 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1996/1299/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:41:52.395604+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."
}