{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rehabilitation-of-offenders-exceptions-amendment-order-northern-ireland-2014/article-3",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2014/27",
  "legislation_title": "The Rehabilitation of Offenders (Exceptions) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rehabilitation-of-offenders-exceptions-amendment-order-northern-ireland-2014",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Amendment of Article 1",
  "text": "(1) In Article 1(2) after the definition of “the PRA” insert—\n““protected conviction” means a conviction of the kind described in Article 1A;”\n(2) Omit paragraph (3).\n(3) Before paragraph (4) insert—\n“(2A) Nothing in this Order applies in relation to a conviction for a service offence which is not a recordable service offence; and for this purpose—\n(a) “service offence” means an offence which is a service offence within the meaning of the Armed Forces Act 2006 or an SDA offence within the meaning of the Armed Forces Act 2006 (Transitional Provisions etc) Order 2009;\n(b) “recordable service offence” means an offence which is a recordable service offence within the meaning of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Armed Forces) Order 2009.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2006 c. 52"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 2009/1059"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 2009/1922"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2014/27/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:08:18.801297+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."
}