Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2013

Sexual offences prevention ordersN.I.

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5—(1) Part 2 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 is amended as follows.

(2) Section 107 (effect of sexual offences prevention orders)—

(a)in subsection (1)(a) after “order” insert “ or requires the defendant to do anything described in the order (or both) ”; and

(b)in subsection (2) after “prohibitions” insert “ or requirements ”.

(3) In section 108(5) (renewal or variation of order) after “prohibitions” (wherever occurring) insert “ or requirements ”.

(4) In section 109 (interim orders)—

(a)in subsection (3) at the end insert “ or requiring the defendant to do anything described in the order (or both) ”;

(b)in subsection (5) for “Section 107(3)” substitute “ Section 107(2) ”.

(5) In section 113 (offences) after subsection (1) insert—

(1A) A person commits an offence if, without reasonable excuse, he fails to do anything which he is required to do by a sexual offences prevention order or an interim sexual offences prevention order..

Commencement Information

I1S. 5 in force at 24.6.2014 by S.R. 2014/179, art. 2(c)