{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-from-stalking-act-northern-ireland-2022/section-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-from-stalking-act-northern-ireland-2022/section-9.json",
  "legislation": "nia/2022/17",
  "legislation_title": "Protection from Stalking Act (Northern Ireland) 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-from-stalking-act-northern-ireland-2022",
  "path": "section/9",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Duration of orders",
  "text": "(1) A prohibition or requirement contained in a stalking protection order has effect—\n(a) for a fixed period, specified in the order, of at least 2 years beginning with the day on which the order is made, or\n(b) until further order.\n(2) A stalking protection order—\n(a) may specify that some of its prohibitions or requirements have effect until further order and some for a fixed period;\n(b) may specify different periods for different prohibitions or requirements.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 9 not in operation at Royal Assent, see s. 22(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 9 in operation at 19.10.2023 by S.R. 2023/174, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2022/17/section/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:19:22.116321+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."
}