Regulation 28 Amendment of the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989I1

United Kingdom

(1)

The Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 M1 is amended as follows.

(2)

In Article 71 (proof of convictions and acquittals) M2—

(a)

omit paragraph (1A);

(b)

omit paragraph (2)(c) and the “and” preceding it.

(3)

In Article 72 (conviction as evidence of commission of offence) M3—

(a)

in paragraph (1), omit “or any other member State”;

(b)

in paragraph (2), omit “or any other member State”;

(c)

in paragraph (3)(a), omit “or any other member State”.

(4)

In Article 73(1) (provisions supplementary to Article 72) M4, for sub-paragraph (b) substitute—

“(b)
the contents of the complaint, indictment or charge-sheet on which the person in question was convicted,”.

Annotations

M1: S.I. 1989/1341 (N.I. 12).
M2: Article 71(1A) and (2)(c) were inserted by paragraph 16 of Schedule 17 to the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25).
M3: Article 72(1) was amended by paragraph 17 of Schedule 17 to the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25) and S.I. 2004/1501 (N.I. 10), and Article 72(2) and (3)(a) was amended by paragraph 17 of Schedule 17 to the Coroners and Justice Act 2009.
M4: Amended by paragraph 18 of Schedule 17 to the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25).

I1: Reg. 28 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(1)