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Anti-social behaviour ordersN.I.

Breach of anti-social behaviour orderN.I.

7.—(1) Article 7 of the Anti-social Behaviour (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 (NI 12) (breach of anti-social behaviour order) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (2) for the words from “if” to the end substitute

if—

(a)in the case of an order under Article 3 or 4, the order was made on the application of the council; or

(b)in the case of an order under Article 6 or 6A, the council is a specified authority in relation to the order. .

(3) In paragraph (3) for the words from “if” to the end substitute

if—

(a)in the case of an order under Article 3 or 4, the order was made on the application of the Executive; or

(b)in the case of an order under Article 6 or 6A, the Executive is a specified authority in relation to the order. .

(4) After paragraph (3) insert—

(3A) In proceedings for an offence under paragraph (1), a copy of the original anti-social behaviour order, certified as such by the proper officer of the court which made it, is admissible as evidence of its having been made and of its contents to the same extent that oral evidence of those things is admissible in those proceedings. .