{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-from-stalking-2022-act-commencement-order-northern-ireland-2023/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-from-stalking-2022-act-commencement-order-northern-ireland-2023/note.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2023/174",
  "legislation_title": "The Protection from Stalking (2022 Act) (Commencement) Order (Northern Ireland) 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-from-stalking-2022-act-commencement-order-northern-ireland-2023",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order brings sections 6 to 17 of the Protection from Stalking Act (Northern Ireland0 2022 (“the Act”) into operation on 19th October 2023.\nSection 6 to 16 of the Act makes provision from Stalking Protection Orders to provide protection to a person at risk of stalking.\nThey will enable early police intervention pre-conviction, to address stalking behaviours before they become entrenched, or escalate n severity and to protect victims from more serious harm.\nSection 17 allows the Department to publish guidance on the operation of Stalking Protection Orders.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2023/174/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:30:32.870447+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."
}