{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/theft-amendment-northern-ireland-order-1997/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/theft-amendment-northern-ireland-order-1997/article-5.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1997/277",
  "legislation_title": "The Theft (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/theft-amendment-northern-ireland-order-1997",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "The new offences: jurisdiction",
  "text": "(1) In Article 38(2) of the 1996 NI 24. Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (Group A offences for the purposes of the jurisdictional provisions) sub-paragraph (a) (list of offences under the 1969 c. 16 (NI.). Theft Act (Northern Ireland) 1969) shall be amended as follows.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) After the entry relating to section 21 there shall be added—\n“section 23A (dishonestly retaining a wrongful credit);” .",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 5(2) repealed (15.1.2007) by Fraud Act 2006 (c. 35), ss. 14(3), 15(1), Sch. 3; S.I. 2006/3200, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1997/277/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:41:27.448491+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."
}