Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1945

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s. 18 applied by 2013 c. 15 s. 11(4)(b)(ii)
s. 18 applied by S.I. 2020/733 reg. 52(3)(b)(ii) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Regulations revoked prospectively by S.I. 2020/1278, regs. 1(2), 66(4))
s. 18 applied by S.I. 2021/1404 reg. 34(3)(b)(ii) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. The affecting statutory instrument has no effect. It was made under a procedure which meant that it ceased to have effect 28 days after signing unless it was debated and approved in Parliament within that time. Although it was debated, it was not approved by resolutions of both Houses within the required timeframe, so it has expired with no effect. See the Twelfth Report of Session 2022-23 of the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments)

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s. 22 repealed by 2010 c. 23 Sch. 2 (Amendment could not be applied. The relevant affected text is not available.)

F118Procedure on charge.N.I.

Subs.(1)(2) rep. by 1964 c.21 (NI)

(3)WhereF2 [F3 an indictment has been presented] against a corporation in respect of any offence, the corporation may, on arraignment before the court, enter in writing by its representative a plea of guilty or not guilty, and if either the corporation does not appear by a representative or, though it does so appear, fails to enter as aforesaid any plea, the court shall order a plea of not guilty to be entered and the trial shall proceed as though the corporation had duly entered a plea of not guilty.

(4)Any summons or other document to be served on any corporation charged with an indictable offence may be served upon the corporation by leaving it at, or sending it by post to, the registered office of the corporation or, if there be no such office in Northern Ireland, by leaving it at or sending it to the corporation at any place in Northern Ireland at which it trades or conducts its business.

(5)In this section the expression “representative” in relation to a corporation means a person duly appointed by the corporation to represent it for the purpose of doing any act or thing which the representative of a corporation is by this section authorised to do, but a person so appointed shall not, by virtue only of being so appointed, be qualified to act on behalf of the corporation before any court for any other purpose.

A representative for the purposes of this section need not be appointed under the seal of the corporation, and a statement in writing purporting to be signed by a managing director of the corporation, or by any person (by whatever name called) having, or being one of the persons having, the management of the affairs of the corporation, to the effect that the person named in the statement has been appointed as the representative of the corporation for the purposes of this section shall be admissible without further proof as prima facie evidence that that person has been so appointed.

Subs.(6) rep. by 1964 c.21 (NI)

F11974 c.49 (ext. to NI by 1980 c.25); 1979 c.37

F2continue to am. 2002 c.26

F31972 NI 1

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C1S. 18 applied (20.1.2007 for specified purposes and 6.4.2007 for further specified purposes and 1.10.2007 for further specified purposes and 6.4.2008 for further specified purposes and 1.10.2008 for further specified purposes and otherwise 1.10.2009) by Companies Act 2006 (c. 46), ss. 1130(2)(b)(iii), 1300(2) (with s. 1133); S.I. 2006/3428, art. 3(2)(b) (with transitional provisions and savings in art. 8, Sch. 5); S.I. 2007/1093, art. 2(2)(c) (with art. 11); S.I. 2007/2194, arts. 2(1)(l), 2(3)(h) (with art. 12); S.I. 2007/3495, arts. 3(3)(g), 5(3)(a) (with arts. 7, 12); S.I. 2008/2860, art. 3(s) (with arts. 5, 7, 8, Sch. 2)

C2S. 18 applied (6.4.2008) by Companies Act 2006 (c. 46), ss. 1257(4), 1300(2); S.I. 2007/3495, art. 3(1)(u) (with arts. 7, 9, 12 Sch. 4 paras. 37-42)

C3S. 18 applied (30.4.2007) by Smoking (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/2957 (N.I. 20)), art. 13(8)(a) (with art. 16); S.R. 2007/118, art. 2

C4S. 18 applied (6.4.2008) by Serious Crime Act 2007 (c. 27), ss. 31(6)(b)(iii), 94(1); S.I. 2008/755, art. 15(1)(f)

C5S. 18 applied (6.4.2008) by Serious Crime Act 2007 (c. 27), ss. 32(5)(b)(iii), 94(1); S.I. 2008/755, art. 15(1)(f)

C6S. 18 applied (15.12.2007) by Money Laundering Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/2157), reg. 47(8)(c)

C7S. 18 applied (15.12.2007) by Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3298), reg. 16(8)(c)

C8S. 18 applied (27.11.2008) by Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 (c. 28), ss. 62, 100(2), Sch. 7 para. 37(2)(c) (with s. 101(2), Sch. 7 para. 43)

C9S. 18 applied (E.W.S.) (9.3.2009) by Ozone-Depleting Substances (Qualifications) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/216), reg. 10(6)(b)(iii)

C10S. 18 applied (9.3.2009) by Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/261), regs. 1(1)(b)(3)(5), 52(6)(b)(iii)

C11S. 18 applied (27.4.2009) by Organic Products Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/842), reg. 28(4)(c)

C12S. 18 applied (1.5.2009) by Payment Services Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/209), regs. 1(2)(b)(xiii), 118(4)(c)

C13S. 18 applied (1.1.2010) by Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment and Support Schemes (Integrated Administration and Control System) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/3263), reg. 12(2)(b)(iii)

C14S. 18 applied (8.3.2010) by Mercury Export and Data (Enforcement) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/265), regs. 2, 7(7)(b)(iii)

C15S. 18 applied (31.3.2010) by Horse Passports Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 (S.R. 2010/40), reg. 22(2)(b)

C16S. 18 applied (6.4.2010) by Detergents Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/740), reg. 24(2)(b)(iii)

C17S. 18 applied (25.6.2010) by Marketing of Fresh Horticulture Produce Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 (S.R. 2010/198), reg. 21(7)(b)

C18S. 18 applied (17.9.2010 with application as mentioned in reg. 3 of the amending Regulations) by Marketing of Fruit Plant Material Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/2079), reg. 22(4)

C19S. 18 applied (1.7.2011) by Bribery Act 2010 (c. 23), ss. 15(2)(b)(ii), 19(1) (with ss. 16, 19(5)); S.I. 2011/1418, art. 2

C20S. 18 applied (with modifications) (30.12.2011) by Wine Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2936), reg. 16(2)(d) (with reg. 3(9))

C21S. 18 applied (1.2.2007 for W. for specified purposes, 2.4.2007 for W. for specified purposes, 1.7.2007 for E. for specified purposes, 22.4.2008 for E.W.S. for specified purposes, 13.12.2008 for W. for specified purposes, 1.8.2012 for N.I. for specified purposes) by Health Act 2006 (c. 28), ss. 77(4)(c), 83(4)(a)(6)(b)(7); S.I. 2007/204, arts. 2(c), 3(c); S.I. 2007/1375, art. 2(b); S.I. 2008/1147, art. 3(b)(c); S.I. 2008/3171, art. 2(b); S.R. 2012/307, art. 2(b)