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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 5AMENDMENTS

Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (NI 26)

10.  In Article 140 (appeals to county court against conviction or sentence)—

(a)at the end of paragraph (1) insert—

(1A) Article 6 of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (under which a conviction of an offence for which an order for conditional or absolute discharge is made is deemed not to be a conviction except for certain purposes) shall not prevent an appeal under this Article, whether against conviction or otherwise.;

(b)omit paragraph (2)(a);

(c)omit paragraph (3);

(d)in paragraph (4) for “section 7(1) of the Probation Act (Northern Ireland) 1950” substitute “Article 7(1) of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1996”.