Criminal Justice (1996 Order) (Commencement No. 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

1999 No. 230 (C. 19)

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Criminal Justice (1996 Order) (Commencement No. 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999

Made

1st May 1999

In exercise of the powers conferred on me by Article 1(2) and (3) of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1996(1), I hereby make the following Order:

Citation

1.  This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice (1996 Order) (Commencement No. 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999.

Appointed Day

2.  The day appointed for the coming into operation of Part III of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 shall be 1st June 1999.

Marjorie Mowlam

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

Northern Ireland Office

1st May 1999

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order.)

This Order appoints 1st June 1999 for the coming into operation of Part III of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1996. Part III extends the jurisdiction of the courts in Northern Ireland in respect of certain offences of dishonesty and blackmail, and the offences of conspiracy, attempting or inciting others to commit those offences and conspiracy to defraud. The substantive offences, and their penalties are unchanged. The effect will be to make it possible to prosecute these offences if any act, omission or other event necessary for their commission occurs in Northern Ireland.

Note as to Earlier Commencement Orders

(This note is not part of the Order.)

The following provisions of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 have been brought into operation by commencement orders made before the date of this order—

Provision	Date of commencement	S.R. number
Articles 1, 2, 33, 35, 44 to 47, 53 to 56, 57 (partially), 58 (partially), Sch 5 (partially), Sch 6 (partially), Sch 7 (partially),	25th July 1997	1997 No. 267 (C. 13)
Articles 3 to 22, 24 to 32, 34, 36, 37, 48 to 52, Schs 1, 2, 3 and 4	1st January 1998	1997 No. 523 (C. 30)

(1)

S.I. 1996/3160 (N.I. 24)