The Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1994

Fines and Penalties (Northern Ireland) Order 1984 (NI 3)

11.  In Article 17 (power to alter sums)—

(a) for paragraph (2)(e) substitute—

“(e) Article 14(11) of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1994 (compensation orders);”;

(b) for paragraph (2)(i)and (j) substitute—

“(i) the Table in section 35(2) of the Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1945 (default period of imprisonment).”;

(c) for paragraph (3) substitute—

“(3) In paragraph (1) “the relevant date” means—

(a) the date of the coming into operation of Article 3 of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1994 (increase of certain maxima); or

(b) where the sums specified in a provision mentioned in paragraph (2) have been substituted by an order under paragraph (1), the date of that order.”.