{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sex-offenders-act-1997-northern-ireland-order-2001/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sex-offenders-act-1997-northern-ireland-order-2001/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2001/1853",
  "legislation_title": "The Sex Offenders Act 1997 (Northern Ireland) Order 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sex-offenders-act-1997-northern-ireland-order-2001",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Modification",
  "text": "Section 5A of the Sex Offenders Act 1997 shall be modified to provide that as it applies in Northern Ireland, it shall have effect as follows:—\n(1) After the reference to “Youth Court” in Section 5A(1)(c) shall be added “or a County Court” and the reference to “detention and training order for a term of twelve months or more” in Section 5A(1)(c) shall be a reference to “a Juvenile Justice Centre Order of 6 months or more”.\n(2) The reference to “the Chief Officer of Police or the local Probation Board” in Section 5A(6)(b) shall be a reference to “the Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary or a Probation Officer”.\n(3) The reference to “the Mental Health Act 1983” shall be a reference to “the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1986 No. 595 (N.I.4)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/1853/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:48:40.194002+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."
}