{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-northern-ireland-order-1996/article-38",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-northern-ireland-order-1996/article-38.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1996/3160",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-northern-ireland-order-1996",
  "path": "article/38",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "38",
  "heading": "Offences to which this Part applies",
  "text": "(1) This Part applies to two groups of offences—\n(a) any offence mentioned in paragraph (2) (a “Group A offence”); and\n(b) any offence mentioned in paragraph (3) (a “Group B offence”).\n(2) The Group A offences are—\n(a) an offence under any of the following provisions of the 1969 c. 16 (N.I.). Theft Act (Northern Ireland) 1969—\nsection 1 (theft);\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\nsection 17 (false accounting);\nsection 18 (false statements by company directors, etc.);\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\nsection 20 (blackmail);\nsection 21 (handling stolen goods);\nsection 23A (dishonestly retaining a wrongful credit);\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(bb) an offence under any of the following provisions of the Fraud Act 2006—\n(i) section 1 (fraud);\n(ii) section 6 (possession etc. of articles for use in frauds);\n(iii) section 7 (making or supplying articles for use in frauds);\n(iv) section 9 (participating in fraudulent business carried on by sole trader etc.);\n(v) section 11 (obtaining services dishonestly).\n(c) an offence under any of the following provisions of the 1981 c. 45. Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981—\nsection 1 (forgery);\nsection 2 (copying a false instrument);\nsection 3 (using a false instrument);\nsection 4 (using a copy of a false instrument);\nsection 5 (offences which relate to money orders, share certificates, passports, etc.);\nsection 14 (offences of counterfeiting notes and coins);\nsection 15 (offences of passing etc counterfeit notes and coins);\nsection 16 (offences involving the custody or control of counterfeit notes and coins);\nsection 17 (offences involving or making or custody or control of counterfeiting materials and implements);\nsection 20 (prohibition of importation of counterfeit notes and coins);\nsection 21 (prohibition of exportation of counterfeit notes and coins);.\n(ca) an offence under any of sections 4 to 6 of the Identity Documents Act 2010;\n(d) the common law offence of cheating in relation to the public revenue.\n(3) The Group B offences are—\n(a) conspiracy to commit a Group A offence;\n(b) conspiracy to defraud;\n(c) attempting to commit a Group A offence;\n(d) incitement to commit a Group A offence.\n(4) The Secretary of State may by order amend paragraph (2) or (3) by adding or removing any offence.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 38(2)(a): entries repealed (15.1.2007) by Fraud Act 2006 (c. 35), ss. 14(1)(3), 15(1), Sch. 1 para. 27(1), Sch. 3; S.I. 2006/3200, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "1997 NI 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Art. 38(2)(b) repealed (15.1.2007) by Fraud Act 2006 (c. 35), ss. 14(1)(3), 15(1), Sch. 1 para. 27(2), Sch. 3; S.I. 2006/3200, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Art. 38(2)(bb) inserted (15.1.2007) by Fraud Act 2006 (c. 35), ss. 14(1), 15(1), Sch. 1 para. 27(3); S.I. 2006/3200, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "SR 2000/226"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Art. 38(2)(ca) substituted (21.1.2011) by Identity Documents Act 2010 (c. 40), ss. 12, 14(2), Sch. para. 9"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Art. 38(3)(d) modified (1.10.2008) by Serious Crime Act 2007 (c. 27), ss. 63(1), 94(1), Sch. 6 para. 33(a) (with Sch. 13 para. 5); S.I. 2008/2504, art. 2(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1996/3160/article/38",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:41:32.090681+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."
}