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Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 (Commencement No. 7) Order 2011

S.R. 2011/371 · Made 21 October 2011

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Criminal Law

Made 21 October 2011

The Department of Justice makes the following Order, in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 1(4) of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 f1 and now vested in it f2.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 2008/1216 (N.I. 1)

f2

Article 4(1) of and paragraph 32 of Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976) transferred the functions of the Secretary of State under Article 1(4) of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 to the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland.

Contents

  1. 1Citation
  2. 2Commencement
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation

This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 (Commencement No. 7) Order 2011.

2Commencement

The following provisions of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 shall come into operation on the 1st January 2012—

(a)

Article 45 (supervised activity order for default in payment of certain fines); and

(b)

Schedule 3 (supervised activity orders: further provisions).

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Justice on 21 October 2011

L.S.

David Ford

Minister of Justice

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into operation Article 45 of and Schedule 3 to the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 on 1st January 2012. These provisions provide the court with the power to make a Supervised Activity Order (SAO) as an alternative to committal to custody for fine default.