The Criminal Justice (Committal Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 2022

Made: 14th September 2022

The Department of Justice, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 5(2) of the Criminal Justice (Committal Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022[^f00001], makes the following Order.

Citation

1

This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice (Committal Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 2022.

Appointed Day

2

The day appointed for the coming into operation of the following provisions of the Criminal Justice (Committal Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 is 17th October 2022–

• (a) section 1 (Abolition of preliminary investigations);

• (b) section 2 (Abolition of mixed committals: evidence on oath not to be given at preliminary inquiry);

• (c) section 3 (Consequential amendments and repeals);

• (d) the Schedule.

Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Justice on 14th September 2022

Naomi Long — Minister of Justice

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order brings into operation sections 1 to 3 of, and the Schedule to, the Criminal Justice (Committal Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c.4).

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2022.c.4 (N.I.).

Editorial notes

[^key-d2c2e2f8324db09960e5d6eb20ddef25]: Art. 1 in operation at made date

[^key-8600e4bab46e6db559b0ff6a166fa722]: Art. 2 in operation at made date