The Criminal Justice (2013 Act) (Commencement No. 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 2014

Made: 3rd February 2014

The Department of Justice, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 15(2)(a) of the Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 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. 3) 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 1 March 2014—

• (a) Section 1 (review of indefinite offender notification requirements);

• (b) Schedule 1 (Schedule 3A to the Sexual Offences Act 2003, as inserted).

Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Justice on 3rd February 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 section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the 2013 Act come into operation on 1 March 2014.

Section 1 and Schedule 1 amend Part 2 (Notification and Orders) of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (“the 2003 Act”). Section 1 amends section 82 (the notification period) to provide for a new review mechanism in relation to sex offender notification requirements for an indefinite period.

Schedule 1 inserts the new Schedule 3A into the 2003 Act to provide for the review and discharge of indefinite sex offender notification requirements.

Footnotes

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