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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into operation provisions of the Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (N.I. 8) (“the 1999 Order”).

The provisions of the Order set out in Article 2 come into operation on 10th May 2013.

Article 17 relates to the examination of the witness through an intermediary and these provisions are commenced in so far as it relates to proceedings in Crown Court and committal proceedings in the magistrates’ courts in relation to an offence which –

(a)

is alleged to have occurred in the local government district of Belfast; and

(b)

is triable only on indictment.