# The Criminal Justice and Armed Forces (Northern Ireland Consequential Amendments) Order 1980, Article 2: Amendment of the Criminal Justice Act 1961


(1) In the Criminal Justice Act 1961—
(a) in section 26—
(i) subsection (3) is hereby repealed;
(ii) in subsection (5)—
(a) after the word “Kingdom” where it first occurs insert the words “other than Northern Ireland”;
(b) in paragraph (a) of the proviso after the words “from England and Wales” insert the words “to Scotland”;
(c) in paragraphs (a) and (b) of the proviso the words “or Northern Ireland” are hereby repealed;
(iii) after subsection (5) insert the following subsection:—
“(5A) Where a person sentenced to borstal training is transferred under this section to Northern Ireland, the provisions applicable to him shall be those applicable to a person ordered to be detained in a young offenders centre for a term of two years by a court in Northern Ireland on the date on which he was sentenced to borstal training.”;
(b) in section 29(1) after the words “detention centre” and in section 30(3) after the words “borstal institution” insert the words “young offenders centre”;
(c) in section 32(2) for paragraph (d) substitute the following paragraph:—
“(d) section 23 of the Prison Act (Northern Ireland) 1953;”;
(d) in section 38(5) after paragraph (b) insert the following paragraph:—
“(bb) an order for detention in a young offenders centre made in Northern Ireland shall be treated as a sentence of imprisonment for the like term;”;
(e) in section 39(1)—
(i) in paragraph (a) of the definition of “appropriate institution” after the word “Kingdom” insert the words “other than Northern Ireland”;
(ii) after paragraph (bb) of that definition insert the following paragraph:—
“(bbb) in relation to a person sentenced when under twenty-one years of age to—
(a) imprisonment for less than three years;
(b) borstal training;
(c) detention in Scotland;
who is so removed to Northern Ireland, a young offenders centre;”.
(2) Schedule 3 to the Treatment of Offenders Act (Northern Ireland) 1968 in so far as it amends the Criminal Justice Act 1961 and the Criminal Justice Act 1967 is hereby repealed.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1980/1088/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-armed-forces-northern-ireland-consequential-amendments-order-1980/article-2
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