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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/safeguarding-vulnerable-groups-miscellaneous-provisions-order-northern-ireland-2012/article-1",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2012/322",
  "legislation_title": "The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012",
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  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation and commencement",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012 and, subject to paragraph (2) below, comes into operation on 10th September 2012.\n(2) Articles 5 to 7 of this Order come into operation on 10th September 2012 immediately after the commencement of paragraph 3 of Schedule 7 to the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2012 c. 9."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2012/322/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:14:16.481027+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."
}