http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2015/9/section/76Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015An Act to provide for a single jurisdiction for county courts and magistrates' courts; to amend the law on committal for trial; to provide for prosecutorial fines; to make provision in relation to victims and witnesses in criminal proceedings and investigations; to amend the law on criminal records and live links; to provide for violent offences prevention orders; to make other amendments relating to the administration of civil and criminal justice; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-04-02Expert Participation2023-11-27 PART 8 VIOLENT OFFENCES PREVENTION ORDERS<Emphasis>Supplementary</Emphasis>Interpretation of this Part761In this Part—“country” includes territory;“custodial sentence” means—a sentence of imprisonment;a sentence of detention in a young offenders centre;a sentence of detention under Article 13(4)(b) or 14(5) of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008;a sentence of detention under Article 45 of the Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998;an order under Article 39 of that Order sending the offender to a juvenile justice centre;an order under Article 44A of that Order sending the offender to secure accommodation;any other sentence under which a person is detained in custody;“detained in a hospital” means detained in a hospital under Part 3 of the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986;“home address” has the meaning given by section 65(4);“interim violent offences prevention order” means an order made under section 61;“qualifying offender” has the meaning given by section 58(1);“specified offence” has the meaning given by section 55(3) and (4);“violent offences prevention order” has the meaning given by section 55(1).2References in this Part to “D” in relation to a violent offences prevention order, or an application for such an order, are references to the person in relation to whom the order has effect or is sought.3References in this Part to protecting the public from the risk of serious violent harm caused by a person are to be read in accordance with section 55(2).4References in this Part to a finding of the kind mentioned in section 58(2)(b) or (c) or (3)(b) or (c) include references to a case where a decision on appeal is to the effect that there should have been such a finding in the proceedings concerned.5References in this Part to an offender subject to notification requirements are to be read in accordance with section 64.6Reference in this Part to a conviction include references to a finding of a court in summary proceedings, where the court makes an order under Article 44(4) of the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 that the accused did the act charged.S. 76 in operation at 1.12.2016 by S.R. 2016/417, art. 2(u)