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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sexual-offences-northern-ireland-order-2008-transitional-provisions-order-2009/article-5",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2009/265",
  "legislation_title": "Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 (Transitional Provisions) Order 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sexual-offences-northern-ireland-order-2008-transitional-provisions-order-2009",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Transitional provisions",
  "text": "This order applies to any proceedings, whenever commenced, for either of the offences referred to in Article 3 other than proceedings in which the defendant has been convicted or acquitted of either of those offences before the coming into operation of this order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2009/265/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:31:02.484858+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."
}