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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rehabilitation-of-offenders-exceptions-amendment-order-northern-ireland-2026/article-2",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2026/12",
  "legislation_title": "The Rehabilitation of Offenders (Exceptions) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rehabilitation-of-offenders-exceptions-amendment-order-northern-ireland-2026",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order “the 1979 Order” means the Rehabilitation of Offenders (Exceptions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1979.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 2 in operation at 17.2.2026, see art. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. 1979 No. 195; relevant amending Orders are S.R. 1987 No. 393, S.R. 2001 No. 248, S.R. 2001 No. 400, S.R. 2003 No. 355, S.R. 2009 No. 173, S.R. 2009 No. 303, S.R. 2012 No. 318, S.R. 2014 No. 27, S.R. 2014 No. 174, S.R. 2019 No. 214, S.R. 2022 No. 213 and S.R 2023 No. 17."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2026/12/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:24:31.922407+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."
}