Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 (Commencement No. 7) Order 2011
Made: 21 October 2011
The Department of Justice makes the following Order, in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 1(4) of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 [^f00001] and now vested in it [^f00002].
Citation
1
This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 (Commencement No. 7) Order 2011.
Commencement
2
The following provisions of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 shall come into operation on the 1st January 2012—
- (a) Article 45 (supervised activity order for default in payment of certain fines); and
- (b) Schedule 3 (supervised activity orders: further provisions).
Signed
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Justice on 21 October 2011
David Ford — Minister of Justice
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Order brings into operation Article 45 of and Schedule 3 to the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 on 1st January 2012. These provisions provide the court with the power to make a Supervised Activity Order (SAO) as an alternative to committal to custody for fine default.
Footnotes
[^f00001]: S.I. 2008/1216 (N.I. 1)
[^f00002]: Article 4(1) of and paragraph 32 of Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976) transferred the functions of the Secretary of State under Article 1(4) of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 to the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland.
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