The Criminal Justice (European Protection Order) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2014

Interpretation – Part 2

3.—(1) In this Part—

“European protection order” means an order made in accordance with regulation 4(9);

“protected person” means the individual who is the object of the protection given by the protection measure;

“protection measure” means a decision or order of a court when dealing with a criminal cause or matter in which one or more of the following prohibitions or restrictions are placed on an individual—

(a)

a prohibition from entering certain localities, places or defined areas where the protected person resides or visits;

(b)

a prohibition or restriction of contact with the protected person by any means (including by telephone, post, facsimile transmission or electronic mail);

(c)

a prohibition or restriction preventing the individual from approaching the protected person to within a particular distance;

“specified information” means the information required by Article 7 of the Directive to be included on the form set out in Annex I to the Directive, except for any information relating to Framework Decision 2008/947/JHA of 27 November 2008 on the application of the principle of mutual recognition to judgments and probation decisions with a view to the supervision of probation measures and alternative sanctions(1).

(2) References in this Part to “the executing State” are to be construed in accordance with regulation 4(5).

(1)

OJ No. L 337, 16.12.2008, p.102.