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Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2011

  • Explanatory Notes Table of contents

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All reference to 'Parts' and 'sections' are from the Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2011. For other versions of these Explanatory Notes, see More Resources.

  1. Introduction

  2. Background and Policy Objectives

  3. Consultation

  4. Overview

  5. Commentary on Sections

    1. Part 1: Victims and Witnesses

      1. Chapter 1 - The Offender Levy

        1. Section 1:

        2. Section 2:

        3. Section 3:

        4. Section 4:

        5. Section 5:

        6. Section 6:

      2. Chapter 2 - Vulnerable and Intimidated Witnesses

        1. Section 7:

        2. Section 8:

        3. Section 9:

        4. Section 10:

        5. Section 11:

        6. Section 12:

        7. Section 13:

    2. Part 2: Live Links

      1. Section 14:

      2. Section 15:

      3. Section 16:

      4. Section 17:

      5. Section 18:

      6. Section 19:

    3. Part 3: Policing and Community Safety Partnerships

      1. Section 20:

      2. Section 21:

      3. Section 22:

      4. Section 23:

      5. Section 24:

      6. Section 25:

      7. Section 26:

      8. Section 27:

      9. Section 28:

      10. Section 29:

      11. Section 30:

      12. Section 31:

      13. Section 32:

      14. Section 33:

      15. Section 34:

    4. Part 4: Sport

      1. Chapter 1 - Regulated matches

        1. Section 35:

      2. Chapter 2 - Conduct at Regulated Matches

        1. Section 36:

        2. Section 37:

        3. Section 38:

        4. Section 39:

      3. Chapter 3 - Alcohol on vehicles travelling to regulated match

        1. Section 40:

      4. Chapter 4 - Banning orders in relation to regulated matches

        1. Section 41:

        2. Section 42:

        3. Section 43:

        4. Section 44:

        5. Section 45:

        6. Section 46:

        7. Section 47:

        8. Section 48:

        9. Section 49:

      5. Chapter 5 - Enforcement

        1. Section 50:

    5. Part 5: Treatment of Offenders

      1. Section 51:

      2. Section 52:

      3. Section 53:

      4. Section 54:

      5. Section 55:

      6. Section 56:

      7. Section 57:

      8. Section 58:

    6. Part 6: Alternatives to Prosecution

      1. Chapter 1 - Penalty Notices

        1. Section 59:

        2. Section 60:

        3. Section 61:

        4. Section 62:

        5. Section 63:

        6. Section 64:

        7. Section 65:

        8. Section 66:

        9. Section 67:

        10. Section 68:

        11. Section 69:

        12. Section 70:

      2. Chapter 2 - Conditional cautions

        1. Section 71:

        2. Section 72:

        3. Section 73:

        4. Section 74:

        5. Section 75:

        6. Section 76:

        7. Section 77:

        8. Section 78:

        9. Section 79:

    7. Part 7: Legal Aid,

      1. Section 80:

      2. Section 81:

      3. Section 82:

      4. Section 83:

      5. Section 84:

      6. Section 85:

      7. Section 86:

      8. Section 87:

    8. Part 8: Solicitors’ rights of audience

      1. Section 88:

      2. Section 89:

      3. Section 90:

    9. Part 9: Miscellaneous

      1. Section 91:

      2. Section 92:

      3. Section 93:

      4. Section 94:

      5. Section 95:

      6. Section 96:

      7. Section 97:

      8. Section 98:

      9. Section 99:

      10. Section 100:

      11. Section 101:

      12. Section 102:

      13. Section 103:

      14. Section 104:

      15. Section 105:

    10. Part 10: Supplementary Provisions

      1. Section 106:

      2. Section 107:

      3. Section 108:

      4. Section 109:

      5. Section 110:

      6. Section 111:

      7. Section 112:

    11. Schedules

      1. Schedule 1: Policing and Community Safety Partnerships

        1. Paragraph 3:

        2. Paragraphs 4 - 6:

        3. Paragraph 7:

        4. Paragraph 8:

        5. Paragraph 9:

        6. Paragraph 10:

        7. Paragraph 11:

        8. Paragraph 12:

        9. Paragraph 13:

        10. Paragraph 14:

        11. Paragraph 15:

        12. Paragraph 16:

        13. Paragraph 17:

        14. Paragraph 18:

        15. Paragraphs 19 & 20:

        16. Paragraph 21:

        17. Paragraph 22:

      2. Schedule 2: District Policing and Community Safety Partnerships

        1. Paragraph 2:

        2. Paragraph 3:

        3. Paragraphs 4 - 6:

        4. Paragraph 7:

        5. Paragraph 8:

        6. Paragraph 9:

        7. Paragraph 10:

        8. Paragraph 11:

        9. Paragraph 12:

        10. Paragraph 13:

        11. Paragraph 14:

        12. Paragraph 15:

        13. Paragraph 16:

        14. Paragraph 17:

        15. Paragraph 18:

        16. Paragraphs 19 & 20:

      3. Schedule 3: Regulated matches

        1. Paragraph 1:

        2. Paragraphs 2 - 5:

        3. Paragraphs 6 & 7:

        4. Paragraphs 8 & 9:

      4. Schedule 4: Penalty offences and penalties

      5. Schedule 5: Enhanced legal aid fees for certain solicitors

        1. Paragraph 1:

        2. Paragraph 2:

        3. Paragraph 3:

        4. Paragraph 4:

        5. Paragraph 5:

        6. Paragraph 6:

      6. Schedule 6: Transitional and saving provisions

      7. Schedule 7: Minor and consequential amendments

      8. Schedule 8: Repeals

  6. Hansard Reports

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