Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Order.)
This Order amends Article 38(2)(c) of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 by extending the Group A offences to which Part III of the Criminal (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 applies so as to include various offences contained in Part II of the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981. Part III of the 1996 Order makes provision about the jurisdiction of courts in Northern Ireland in relation to certain offences of dishonesty and blackmail set out in Article 38 of that Order.