Explanatory note

This Order makes amendments to the Criminal Justice Act 1961, the Army Act 1955, the Air Force Act 1955 and the Naval Discipline Act 1957 which are consequential upon the abolition of borstal training in Northern Ireland by the Treatment of Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1980. The Order also re-enacts certain consequential amendments of the Criminal Justice Act 1961 contained in Schedule 3 to the Treatment of Offenders Act (Northern Ireland) 1968 which had effect only in Northern Ireland and makes other amendments to the Criminal Justice Act 1961 consequential on the Treatment of Offenders Act (Northern Ireland) 1968.