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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-offenders-northern-ireland-order-1996/article-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-offenders-northern-ireland-order-1996/article-7.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1996/1320",
  "legislation_title": "The Road Traffic Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-offenders-northern-ireland-order-1996",
  "path": "article/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Restriction on institution of proceedings for certain offences",
  "text": "(1) Proceedings for an offence under Article 11(3) of the Order of 1981 (notice about relevant or prospective disability) shall not be instituted except by the Department or by a constable acting with the approval of the Department.\n(2) In paragraph (1) the reference to Article 11(3) of the Order of 1981 includes a reference to that provision as applied by Article 15D or 19H of that Order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "SR 1997/241"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "2003 NI 16"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1996/1320/article/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:41:50.386033+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."
}