The Criminal Justice (2013 Act) (Commencement No. 4) Order (Northern Ireland) 2014

Made: 19th June 2014

The Department of Justice, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 15(2)(b) and (c) of the Criminal Justice Act 2013[^f00001], makes the following Order:

Citation and Interpretation

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• (1) This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice (2013 Act) (Commencement No. 4) Order (Northern Ireland) 2014.

• (2) In this Order, “the 2013 Act” means the Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2013.

Appointed Day

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The day appointed for the coming into operation of the following provisions of the 2013 Act is 24th June 2014—

• (a) Section 2 (notification requirements: absence from notified residence);

• (b) Section 4 (offences committed in a country outside the United Kingdom);

• (c) Section 5 (sexual offences prevention orders).

Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Justice on 19th June 2014.

David Ford — Minister of Justice

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order brings into operation certain provisions of the Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2013 (c.7) (“the 2013 Act”).

The provisions set out in sections 2, 4 and 5 of the 2013 Act come into operation on 24th June 2014.

Section 2 cites the additional information which must be provided to the police by sex offenders subject to notification requirements.

Section 4 inserts new sections 96A and 96B into Part 2 (Notification and Orders) of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (“the 2003 Act”) to make offenders who come to Northern Ireland with convictions findings or cautions from other countries subject to the notification requirements of the 2003 Act without the need for the police to make an application to the court for a notification order. Safeguards are provided for offenders with convictions, findings or cautions in a country which is not a member of the Council of Europe.

Section 5 amends Part 2 of the 2003 Act so that a person subject to a sexual offences prevention order can be required to undertake a particular action.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2013 c.7 (N.I.)