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Justice (Sexual Offences and Trafficking Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022

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CHAPTER 1Prevention orders

Qualifying offences for sexual offences prevention orders

25.—(1) In Schedule 5 to the Sexual Offences Act 2003, after paragraph 163 insert—

163A.  An offence under Article 68 of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (abduction of children in care, etc.)..

(2) Section 130(3) (as read with (4)(a)) of that Act (so far as relating to section 106 of that Act) applies to the amendment made by this section.

Time limit for making violent offences prevention orders

26.—(1) In section 57 of the Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015, after subsection (5) insert—

(6) Article 78(1) of the Magistrates’ Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 does not apply to a complaint under this section..

(2) The amendment made by this section applies to a complaint made after the coming into operation of this section even if the cause of complaint arose more than 6 months before the making of the complaint.

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