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Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
Criminal Law
Made
5th April 2009
Coming into operation
15th May 2009
To be laid before Parliament
The Secretary of State considers it necessary in consequence of Article 14 of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008(1) to make the following Order. The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 101 of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008.
1. This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 (Consequential Provision) Order 2009 and shall come into operation on 15th May 2009.
2.—(1) The Treatment of Offenders Act (Northern Ireland) 1968 (2) is amended as follows.
(2) In section 26(2) after “young offenders centre” insert “or sentence of detention under Article 14(5) of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008”.
Paul Goggins
Minister of State
Northern Ireland Office
5th April 2009
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends section 26(2) the Treatment of Offenders Act (Northern Ireland) 1968. The amendment is consequential on the introduction of sentences of detention under Article 14(5) of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008. The effect of the amendment is that offenders sentenced to terms of detention under that provision will have their sentence reduced by any relevant period of pre-sentence custody in the same way as those sentenced to terms of imprisonment or detention in a young offenders centre.
1968 c.29 (N.I.) Relevant amendments to Section 26 have been made by 1989/1341 (N.I. 12), 1980/704 (N.I.. 6) and 2000 C.11
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