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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rehabilitation-of-offenders-exceptions-amendment-order-northern-ireland-2014/article-8",
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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/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Insertion of new Article 3A",
  "text": "After Article 3 insert—\n“3A. None of the provisions of Article 5(2) of the Order shall apply in relation to –\n(a) any office, employment or occupation specified in paragraph 4, 15, 16 , 17 or 19 of Part II of Schedule 1 or paragraph 1 or 9 of Part III of Schedule 1 or any work specified in paragraph 15, 16, 17 or 19 of Part II of Schedule 1.\n(b) any action taken for the purpose of safeguarding national security or of protecting public safety or public order.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2014/27/article/8",
    "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."
}