# Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 (Commencement No.5 and Saving Provisions) Order 2009, Paragraph 2: Savings for sentences of less than 12 months


(1) The coming into operation of Article 8 of the 2008 Order is of no effect in relation to a custodial sentence of less than 12 months (whether or not such a sentence is concurrent with or consecutive to another sentence).
(2) The coming into operation of Article 17 of the 2008 Order is of no effect in relation to a prisoner serving a custodial sentence of less than 12 months (whether or not such a sentence is concurrent with or consecutive to another sentence).
(3) The coming into operation of paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 5 to the 2008 Order is of no effect in relation to a prisoner serving a custodial sentence of less than 12 months (whether or not such a sentence is concurrent with or consecutive to another sentence).
(4) The coming into operation of the repeal of Article 26 of the 1996 Order is of no effect in relation to an offender who receives a custodial sentence of less than 12 months (whether or not such a sentence is concurrent with or consecutive to another sentence).
(5) In this paragraph “custodial sentence” means a sentence of imprisonment or of detention in a young offenders centre.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2009/120/schedule/2/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-northern-ireland-order-2008-commencement-no5-and-saving-provisions-order-2009/schedule-2/paragraph-2
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