Appointed day
2. 3rd April 2017 is the day appointed for the coming into operation of the following provisions of the Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1999—
(a)Article 16, in so far as it relates to proceedings in the Crown Court and committal proceedings in the magistrates’ court in relation to an offence which is alleged to have occurred in the local government district of Belfast.
(b)Article 17, in so far as it relates to proceedings in the magistrates’ court, to the extent that it has not already been commenced.