Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2016
PART 1
FINES AND OTHER PENALTIES: ENFORCEMENT
CHAPTER 1
Collection of Fines etc.
Introductory
1
Application of Chapter
Collection officers and orders
2
Collection officers
3
Collection order
4
Additional powers where collection order made
Default on payment
5
Collection officer to contact debtor in default
6
Powers of collection officer in relation to debtor in default
7
Referral to the court: collection officer’s report etc.
8
Referral to the court in case where no collection order made
9
Powers of court on referral of debtor’s case
10
Power to issue arrest warrant where debtor fails to attend hearing
11
Arrest under warrant under section 10
12
Remand or committal under section 11
13
Costs relating to referral of debtor’s case
Deductions from benefits
14
Application for deduction from benefits
15
Deduction from benefits: further provision in regulations
16
Enquiries into debtor’s means
17
Disclosure of information
Attachment of earnings
18
Attachment of earnings order
19
Statement of earnings
Freezing bank accounts etc.
20
Interim bank account order
21
Hardship payments
22
Bank account order
Seizure of vehicles
23
Vehicle seizure order
Supplementary
24
Offences
25
Appeals
26
Guidance
27
Interpretation etc.
28
Minor and consequential amendments
CHAPTER 2
Other enforcement procedures
29
Supervised activity orders
30
Restriction on detention of children for default in paying fines, etc.
31
Distress in default
32
Limitations on remission
PART 2
The Prison Ombudsman For Northern Ireland
The Ombudsman
33
The Prison Ombudsman for Northern Ireland
34
Main functions of Ombudsman
Complaints
35
Complaints
36
Report of investigation of complaint
Deaths in custody
37
Investigations into deaths in custody
38
Report on investigation into death
Investigations requested by Department
39
Investigations requested by the Department
40
Report on investigation under section 39
Own-initiative investigations
41
Own-initiative investigations
42
Report on investigation under section 41
Powers of Ombudsman
43
Powers of Ombudsman
Supplementary
44
Disclosure of information
45
Guidance to Ombudsman in relation to matters connected with national security
46
Interpretation
47
Transitional provision: the Prisoner Ombudsman for Northern Ireland
PART 3
Miscellaneous
Animal welfare
48
Penalties for animal welfare offences
Lay visitors
49
Lay visitors for all police stations
Pornographic or other sexual images
50
Possession of pornographic images of rape and assault by penetration
51
Disclosing private sexual photographs and films with intent to cause distress
52
Meaning of “disclose” and “photograph or film”
53
Meaning of “private” and “sexual”
Assaulting ambulance workers etc
54
Offence of assaulting ambulance workers etc
Early removal of prisoners
55
Early removal from prison of prisoners liable to removal from United Kingdom
56
Re-entry into Northern Ireland of offender removed under section 55
Direct committal for trial
57
Direct committal for trial: indictable offence triable summarily
Firearms
58
Amendments of Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 2004, etc.
Costs
59
Costs of Accountant General in administering funds in court
PART 4
General
60
Regulations and orders
61
Commencement and short title
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1
ATTACHMENT OF EARNINGS ORDERS
Service of order
1
(1) An attachment of earnings order must be served on...
Compliance with order
2
(1) Where an attachment of earnings order is served on...
Power to determine whether payments are earnings
3
(1) Where an attachment of earnings order is made, the...
Administrative costs of employer
4
Regulations may provide that, on any occasion when the debtor’s...
Change of circumstances
5
(1) If a debtor in relation to whom an attachment...
Variation of order
6
(1) Where the collection officer makes an attachment of earnings...
Discharge of order
7
(1) Where the collection officer makes an attachment of earnings...
Prioritisation of orders
8
(1) Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Judgments Enforcement...
Crown employment
9
(1) Where a debtor is employed by the Crown and...
Regulations
10
Regulations may make further provision relating to attachments of earnings...
SCHEDULE 2
COLLECTION ORDERS: MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS
Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1945
1
(1) In section 35 (powers of courts in relation to...
Mines Act (Northern Ireland) 1969
2
In Schedule 3 (inquiries into fitness of holders of certificates...
Magistrates’ Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981
3
(1) In Article 2(3) (interpretation) at the appropriate place insert—...
Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989
4
In Article 19(1) (power of constable to enter and search),...
Road Traffic Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1996
5
(1) In Article 2(2) (interpretation) at the appropriate place insert—...
Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008
6
(1) In section 88 (international co-operation in relation to criminal...
Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2011
7
(1) In section 67 (registration of fixed penalty), in subsection...
Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015
8
(1) In section 24 (prosecutorial fines: registration of sum payable...
SCHEDULE 3
THE PRISON OMBUDSMAN
Appointment, status and term of office
1
The Department shall appoint a person to be the Ombudsman....
2
The Ombudsman is not to be regarded as the servant...
3
(1) A person appointed as Ombudsman holds office for such...
4
(1) A person holding office as Ombudsman may resign that...
Remuneration and allowances
5
The Department shall pay the Ombudsman such remuneration and such...
6
The Department shall pay to or in respect of a...
Appointment of acting Ombudsman
7
(1) Where the office of Ombudsman becomes vacant, the Department...
The Ombudsman’s officers
8
(1) The Ombudsman may, with the approval of the Department...
Advisers
9
The Ombudsman may obtain advice from any person who, in...
Documents
10
A document purporting to be duly signed by, or on...
Finance
11
(1) The Department may make payments to the Ombudsman out...
Annual report
12
(1) As soon as practicable after the end of each...
Data protection
13
In section 31(4) of the Data Protection Act 1998 (regulatory...
Freedom of information
14
(1) In section 76(1) of the Freedom of Information Act...
Public Services Ombudsman
15
In Schedule 3 to the Public Services Ombudsman Act (Northern...
Interpretation
16
In this Schedule “financial year” means— (a) the period beginning...
SCHEDULE 4
PRIVATE SEXUAL PHOTOGRAPHS ETC: PROVIDERS OF INFORMATION SOCIETY SERVICES
Exceptions for mere conduits
1
(1) A service provider is not capable of committing an...
Exception for caching
2
(1) This paragraph applies where an information society service consists...
Exception for hosting
3
(1) A service provider is not capable of committing an...
Interpretation
4
(1) This paragraph applies for the purposes of this Schedule....
SCHEDULE 5
AMENDMENTS OF THE FIREARMS (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 2004
Part 1
Firearms - Persons under 18
Authorisation of shotgun clubs to allow use of shotguns by persons under the age of 16
1
(1) In Article 2(2) (interpretation), after the definition of “shotgun...
Other amendments relating to persons under 18
2
(1) Article 7 (purposes for which a young person may...
Part 2
Firearm certificates and other certificates
Variation of firearm certificate
3
(1) In Article 11 (variation of firearm certificate), for paragraphs...
Variation of firearms dealer’s certificate
4
In Article 29(6) (variation of firearms dealer’s certificate), at the...
Updated certificates
5
(1) In Article 5 (grant of firearm certificate)—
Certificates granted in Great Britain
6
(1) The following provisions of Article 17 (firearm certificate or...
Part 3
Supplementary
Fees
7
(1) For Schedule 6 (fees) substitute— SCHEDULE 6 Fees Article...
Consequential amendment
8
In Article 80(5) (regulations and orders made by the Department...

Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2016
2016 Chapter 21
An Act to make provision about enforcement of the payment of fines and other penalties; to provide for the appointment and functions of a Prison Ombudsman for Northern Ireland; to amend the law relating to the penalties for certain animal welfare offences, lay visitors for police stations, extreme pornographic and other sexual images, assaults on persons providing ambulance services, the early removal from prison of prisoners liable to removal from the United Kingdom, direct committal for trial, and firearms; and to make provision relating to the costs of the Accountant General of the Court of Judicature.
[12th May 2016]
BE IT ENACTED by being passed by the Northern Ireland Assembly and assented to by Her Majesty as follows: