Paragraph 3 Offences in Northern Ireland

(1)

An offence of rape.

(2)

An offence under section 66, 69, 70 or 104 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003.

(3)

An offence specified in Schedule 1 to the Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland) 1968.

(4)

An offence under article 3 of the Protection of Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1978^f1 (indecent photographs).

(5)

An offence contrary to article 9 of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1980^f2 (inciting girl under 16 to have incestuous sexual intercourse).

(6)

An offence contrary to article 15 of the Criminal Justice (Evidence etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1988^f3 (possession of indecent photographs of children).

(7)

An offence under section 3 of the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000 (abuse of trust).

(8)

An offence under any of the following—

(a)

article 68 or 69(9) of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (offences relating to the abduction of a child in care);

(b)

article 132 of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995, or section 14 of the Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland) 1968 (offences relating to child minding and day care);

(c)

article 117 of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995, or section 9(1) of the Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland) 1968 (offences relating to private fostering); or

(d)

article 79(3), 81(4), 95(3) or 97(4) of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995, or section 127(5) or 129(3) of the Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland) 1968 (offences relating to voluntary homes and children’s homes).

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I.1978/1047 (N.I.17). Article 3 was amended by section 84(10) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c. 33), section 41(2) of the Criminal Justice and Courts Service Act 2000 (c. 43) and Schedule 1, paragraph 8 of NI 2003 (N.I.13).
f2: S.I.1980/704 (N.I.6).
f3: S.I.1988/1847 (N.I.17). Article 15 was amended by section 84(11) and 86(2) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c. 33) and section 41(4) of the Criminal Justice and Courts Service Act 2000 (c. 43).