LegalizeThe Attorney General’s Human Rights Guidance (The Application of Section 5 of the Criminal Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1967 to Victims of Serious Sexual Offences and those to whom they make Disclosures) Order (Northern Ireland) 2020
Made: 23rd June 2020
Coming into operation: 29th June 2020
The Attorney General, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 8(3)(c) of that Act, makes the following order:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
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- (1) This Order may be cited as the Attorney General’s Human Rights Guidance (The Application of Section 5 of the Criminal Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1967 to Victims of Serious Sexual Offences and those to whom they make Disclosures) Order (Northern Ireland) 2020 and shall come into operation on 29th June 2020.
- (2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to this Order as it applies to an Act of the Assembly[^f00004].
Revocation
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The Attorney General’s Human Rights Guidance (The Application of Section 5 of the Criminal Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1967 to Rape Victims and Those to Whom They Make Disclosures in Connection With a Claim for Social Security, Child Tax Credit or Anonymous Registration in the Electoral Roll) Order (Northern Ireland) 2018[^f00005] is revoked.
Coming into operation of the guidance
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The guidance on international human rights standards relevant to the application of section 5 of the Criminal Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1967 to victims of serious sexual offences and those to whom they make disclosures, in respect of the Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland and the Police Service of Northern Ireland, shall come into operation on the day on which this Order comes into operation.
Signed
John F. Larkin QC — Attorney General for Northern Ireland — 23rd June 2020
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Order brings into operation guidance by the Attorney General for Northern Ireland, pursuant to section 8 of the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2004 on international human rights standards relevant to the application of section 5 of the Criminal Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1967 to victims of serious sexual offences and those to whom they make disclosures, which was laid before the Assembly on 19th June 2020. It also revokes The Attorney General’s Human Rights Guidance (The Application of Section 5 of the Criminal Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1967 to Rape Victims and Those to Whom They Make Disclosures in Connection With a Claim for Social Security, Child Tax Credit or Anonymous Registration in the Electoral Roll) Order (Northern Ireland) 2018.
Footnotes
[^f00001]: 2004 c. 4: relevant amending order is S.R. 2015 No. 168
[^f00002]: ‘the Northern Ireland Assembly’ substituted for ‘each house of Parliament’ by paragraph 81(2) of Schedule 14 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976).
[^f00003]: Inserted by section 8(9) of the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2004 and paragraph 7A of Schedule 7 of the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002.
[^f00004]: 1954 c. 33 (N.I.)
[^f00005]: S.R. 2018 No. 110.
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