The Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2004

PART IINTRODUCTORY

Title and commencement

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2004.

(2) The following provisions of this Order shall come into operation on the expiration of one month from the day on which this Order is made—

(a)this Part;

(b)Articles 14, 15, 32, 33, 34 and 36.

(3) The other provisions of this Order shall come into operation on such day or days as the Secretary of State may by order appoint.

Interpretation

2.—(1) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 (c. 33) applies to this Order as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.

(2) In this Order—

“the 1989 Order” means the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (NI 12);

“statutory provision” has the meaning given in section 1(f) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954.