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Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 (Commencement) Order 2008

S.R. 2008/510 · Made 24 December 2008

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Criminal Law

Made 24th December 2008

The Secretary of State makes the following Order, in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 1(3) of the Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008f1:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 2008/1769 (N.I. 2)

Contents

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

1Citation

This Order may be cited as the Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 (Commencement) Order 2008.

2Commencement

The Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008, in so far as not already in operation, shall come into operation on 2nd February 2009.

Signature

Paul Goggins

Minister of State

Northern Ireland Office

24 December 2008

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order commences the Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 as from the 2nd February 2009. Part 1 and Articles 80 and 82 of the 2008 Order came into operation one week after the day on which that Order was made.