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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/victims-of-mentally-disordered-offenders-information-northern-ireland-scheme-2008/section-2",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2008/457",
  "legislation_title": "Victims of Mentally Disordered Offenders Information (Northern Ireland) Scheme 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/victims-of-mentally-disordered-offenders-information-northern-ireland-scheme-2008",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this scheme—\n“relevant mentally disordered offender” means, in relation to the victim of an offence, a person in respect of whom—\n(a) a hospital order with a restriction order has been made by a court dealing with that person for that offence, or\n(b) a transfer direction and a restriction direction have been given in respect of that person while that person is serving a sentence of imprisonment in respect of that offence.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2008/457/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:34:07.299509+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."
}