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Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015

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  1. Introduction

  2. Background and Policy Objectives

  3. Overview

    1. Single Jurisdiction for County Courts and Magistrates’ Courts

    2. Committal for Trial

    3. Prosecutorial Fines

    4. Victims and Witnesses

    5. Criminal Records

    6. Child Protection Disclosures

    7. Live Links

    8. Violent Offences Prevention Orders

    9. Miscellaneous

    10. Supplementary Provisions

  4. Commentary on Sections

    1. Part 1: Single Jurisdiction for County Courts and Magistrates’ Courts

      1. Section 1:

      2. Section 2:

      3. Section 3:

      4. Section 4:

      5. Section 5:

      6. Section 6:

    2. Part 2: Committal for trial

      1. Chapter 1 – Preliminary investigations and mixed committals

        1. Section 7:

        2. Section 8:

      2. Chapter 2 – Direct committal for trial in certain cases

        1. Section 9:

        2. Section 10:

        3. Section 11:

        4. Section 12:

        5. Section 13:

        6. Section 14:

        7. Section 15:

        8. Section 16:

    3. Part 3: Prosecutorial Fines

      1. Prosecutorial Fine

        1. Section 17:

        2. Section 18:

        3. Section 19:

        4. Section 20:

      2. Payment of prosecutorial fine

        1. Section 21:

      3. Non-payment of prosecutorial fine

        1. Section 22:

        2. Section 23:

        3. Section 24:

        4. Section 25:

        5. Section 26:

      4. Interpretation

        1. Section 27:

    4. Part 4: Victims and Witnesses

      1. The Victim Charter and the Witness Charter

        1. Section 28:

        2. Section 29:

        3. Section 30:

        4. Section 31:

        5. Section 32:

      2. Victim statements

        1. Section 33:

        2. Section 34:

        3. Section 35:

        4. Section 36:

    5. Part 5: Criminal Records

      1. Section 37:

      2. Section 38:

      3. Section 39:

      4. Section 40:

      5. Section 41:

      6. Section 42:

      7. Section 43:

      8. Section 44:

      9. Section 45:

      10. Section 46:

      11. Section 47:

    6. Part 6: Child Protection Disclosures

      1. Section 48:

    7. Part 7: Live Links in Criminal Proceedings

      1. Section 49:

      2. Section 50:

      3. Section 51:

      4. Section 52:

      5. Section 53:

      6. Section 54:

    8. Part 8: Violent Offences Prevention Orders

      1. Violent offences prevention orders

        1. Section 55:

        2. Section 56:

        3. Section 57:

        4. Section 58:

        5. Section 59:

        6. Section 60:

        7. Section 61:

        8. Section 62:

        9. Section 63:  

      2. Notification requirements

        1. Section 64:

        2. Section 65:

        3. Section 66:

        4. Section 67:

        5. Section 68:

        6. Section 64:

        7. Section 70:

      3. Supplementary

        1. Section 71:  

        2. Section 72:

        3. Section 73:

        4. Section 74:

        5. Section 75:

        6. Section 76:

    9. Part 9: Miscellaneous

      1. Jury Service

        1. Section 77:

        2. Section 78:

        3. Section 79:

        4. Section 80:

        5. Section 81:

      2. Unpaid community service after early release

        1. Section 82:

      3. Personal samples, DNA profiles and fingerprints

        1. Section 83:

        2. Section 84:

        3. Section 85:

        4. Section 86:

        5. Section 87:

      4. Early Guilty Pleas

        1. Section 88:

      5. Sexual offences against children

        1. Section 89:

        2. Section 90:

      6. Avoiding delay in criminal proceedings

        1. Section 91:

        2. Section 92:

      7. Public Prosecutor’s summons

        1. Section 93:

      8. Defence access to premises

        1. Section 94:

      9. Court security officers

        1. Section 95:

      10. Causing or allowing child or vulnerable adult to suffer serious physical harm

        1. Section 96:

      11. Domestic violence protection notices and orders

        1. Section 97:

      12. Youth Justice

        1. Section 98:

        2. Section 99:

      13. Salary of Lands Tribunal members

        1. Section 100:

      14. Amendment to Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Criminal Justice and Support for Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 2015

        1. Section 101:

    10. Part 10: Supplementary Provisions

      1. Section 102:

      2. Section 103:

      3. Section 104:

      4. Section 105:

      5. Section 106:

      6. Section 107:

  5. Schedules

    1. Schedule 1:

    2. Schedule 2:

    3. Schedule 3:

    4. Schedule 4:

    5. Schedule 5:

    6. Schedule 6:

    7. Schedule 7:

    8. Schedule 8:

    9. Schedule 9:

  6. Hansard Reports

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