The Criminal Justice (2013 Act) (Commencement No. 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 2014

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2014 No. 53 (C. 2)

Justice

The Criminal Justice (2013 Act) (Commencement No. 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 2014

Made

3rd February 2014

The Department of Justice, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 15(2)(a) of the Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2013(1), makes the following Order:

Citation and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice (2013 Act) (Commencement No. 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 2014.

(2) In this Order, “the 2013 Act” means the Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2013.

Appointed day

2.  The day appointed for the coming into operation of the following provisions of the 2013 Act is 1 March 2014—

(a) Section 1 (review of indefinite offender notification requirements);

(b) Schedule 1 (Schedule 3A to the Sexual Offences Act 2003, as inserted).

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Justice on 3rd February 2014.

David Ford

Minister of Justice

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into operation certain provisions of the Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2013 (c.7) (“the 2013 Act”).

The provisions set out in section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the 2013 Act come into operation on 1 March 2014.

Section 1 and Schedule 1 amend Part 2 (Notification and Orders) of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (“the 2003 Act”). Section 1 amends section 82 (the notification period) to provide for a new review mechanism in relation to sex offender notification requirements for an indefinite period.

Schedule 1 inserts the new Schedule 3A into the 2003 Act to provide for the review and discharge of indefinite sex offender notification requirements.

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS

(This note is not part of the Order)

Provision	Date of Commencement	S.R.. No.
Section 13(1)	8th June 2013 (ceased to be in operation on 7th July 2013)	S.R. 2013 No. 162 (C.10)
Section 13(1)	13th July 2013 (ceased to be in operation on 12th August 2013)	S.R. 2013 No. 192 (C.12)

(1)

2013 c.7 (N.I.)