The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Northern Ireland) Order 2007

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4.  An order under paragraph 2 or 3 may—N.I.

(a)modify any criminal offence created by this Order;

(b)create any new criminal offence,

but the penalty for an offence created by virtue of this paragraph must not exceed level 5 on the standard scale.

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 6 para. 4 wholly in operation at 14.4.2008; Sch. 6 para. 4 not in operation at date of making see art. 1(3); Sch. 6 para. 4 in operation for certain purposes at 14.3.2008 by S.R. 2008/127, art. 3(d); Sch. 6 para. 4 wholly in operation at 14.4.2008 by S.R. 2008/127, art. 4(o)