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The Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1996
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- Instrument rev. in pt. by 1998 c. 40 s.9(1) (2) Sch.1 Pt.II para.10 Sch.2 Pt.II
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- Sch. 2 para. 9(1)(a)(i) words repealed by 2015 c. 9 (N.I.) Sch. 1 para. 112(5)(e) Sch. 9 Pt. 1
- art. 44A(4) words substituted by S.I. 2008/1216 (N.I.) Sch. 5 para. 7(9) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. It is thought that the correct affected document should be S.I. 1998/1504 (N.I. 9), art. 44A(4). The correction will be made as soon as we get the approved amended document from the relevant office)
- art. 53(1) art. 53 renumbered as art. 53(1) by 2019 c. 17 s. 44(6)
- art. 53(1)(a) substituted by 2019 c. 17 s. 43(2)
- art. 53(2)-(9) inserted by 2019 c. 17 s. 44(7)
- art. 54A inserted by 2019 c. 17 s. 37(3)
6.—(1) Any exercise by a court of its powers under paragraph 3(1)(a), (b) or (c) or 4(1)(a), (b) or (c) shall be without prejudice to the continuance of the relevant order.N.I.
(2) A fine imposed under paragraph 3(1)(a) or 4(1)(a) shall be deemed for the purposes of any statutory provision to be a sum adjudged to be paid by a conviction.
(3) The number of hours which an offender may be required to work under a community service order made under paragraph 3(1)(b) or 4(1)(b)—
(a)shall be specified in the order and shall not exceed 60 in the aggregate; and
(b)where the relevant order is a community service order, shall not be such that the total number of hours under both orders exceeds the maximum specified in Article 13(2).
(4) Article 13(4) and, so far as applicable—
(a)the provisions of this Order relating to community service orders; and
(b)the provisions of this Schedule so far as so relating,
shall have effect in relation to a community service order under paragraph 3(1)(b) or 4(1)(b) as they have effect in relation to a community service order in respect of an offender.
(5) Where the provisions of this Schedule have effect as mentioned in sub-paragraph (4), the powers conferred by those provisions to deal with the offender for the offence in respect of which the community service order was made shall be construed as powers to deal with the offender for the failure to comply with the requirements of the relevant order in respect of which the community service order was made.
(6) In its application to combination orders, sub-paragraph (3) shall have effect as if the reference to Article 13(2) were a reference to Article 15(1).
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