S. 94 in operation at 29.1.2016 by S.R. 2015/418, art. 2(a)

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2015/9/section/94Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015An Act to provide for a single jurisdiction for county courts and magistrates' courts; to amend the law on committal for trial; to provide for prosecutorial fines; to make provision in relation to victims and witnesses in criminal proceedings and investigations; to amend the law on criminal records and live links; to provide for violent offences prevention orders; to make other amendments relating to the administration of civil and criminal justice; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-04-02Expert Participation2023-11-27PART 9MISCELLANEOUSDefence access to premises
94Defence access to premises(1)

Where a person charged with an offence appears or is brought before a court in connection with that offence, the court may, on the application of that person, make an order under this section for access by or on behalf of that person to any premises specified in the order.

(2)

Where a person convicted of an offence appeals against that conviction, the court to which the appeal lies may, on the application of that person, make an order under this section for access by or on behalf of that person to any premises specified in the order.

(3)

In this section—

(a)

in relation to an order made under subsection (1), “D” and “the court” mean, respectively, the person and the court referred to in that subsection;

(b)

in relation to an order made under subsection (2), “D” and “the court” mean, respectively, the person and the court referred to in that subsection;

(c)

premises” means any place and, in particular, includes a vehicle, vessel or moveable object;

(d)

specified”, in relation to an order under this section, means specified in the order.

(4)

The court shall not make an order under this section in relation to any premises unless it is satisfied that—

(a)

access to the premises is required to ensure compliance with Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights; and

(b)

the order is an appropriate means of securing such access.

(5)

An order under this section for access to any premises authorises the specified persons—

(a)

to enter those premises;

(b)

to inspect those premises and anything on those premises;

(c)

to carry out any other specified activity on those premises or in relation to anything on those premises.

(6)

An order under this section does not of itself authorise the release of D from custody.

(7)

An order under this section may include conditions in connection with the access granted by the order to any premises including conditions—

(a)

requiring the specified persons to be accompanied by a police officer at all times while on the premises;

(b)

as to the date and time of day when access to the premises is to take place;

(c)

as to the conduct of any activity specified under subsection (5)(c);

(d)

as to such other matters as the court thinks fit.

(8)

An order under this section authorises entry to the specified premises on one occasion only; but nothing in this section prevents a court from making more than one order in relation to any premises.

(9)

An application to a court for an order under this section in relation to any premises is to be made in accordance with the rules governing the practice and procedure of that court; and such rules may in particular provide for—

(a)

notice of the making of the application to be served on the occupier of the premises and any other persons appearing to the court to have an interest in the matter; and

(b)

for such persons to have an opportunity to make representations to the court as to the conditions to be imposed in relation to any order made under this section.

This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below.
<akomaNtoso xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xsi:schemaLocation="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0 http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/akn-core/v1.0/cos01/part2-specs/schemas/akomantoso30.xsd">
<act name="nia">
<meta>
<identification source="#">
<FRBRWork>
<FRBRthis value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2015/9"/>
<FRBRuri value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2015/9"/>
<FRBRdate date="2015-07-24" name="enacted"/>
<FRBRauthor href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/legislature/NorthernIrelandAssembly"/>
<FRBRcountry value="GB-NIR"/>
<FRBRnumber value="9"/>
<FRBRname value="2015 c. 9 (N.I.)"/>
<FRBRprescriptive value="true"/>
</FRBRWork>
<FRBRExpression>
<FRBRthis value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2015/9/2023-11-27"/>
<FRBRuri value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2015/9/2023-11-27"/>
<FRBRdate date="2023-11-27" name="validFrom"/>
<FRBRauthor href="#"/>
<FRBRlanguage language="eng"/>
</FRBRExpression>
<FRBRManifestation>
<FRBRthis value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2015/9/2023-11-27/data.akn"/>
<FRBRuri value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2015/9/2023-11-27/data.akn"/>
<FRBRdate date="2024-12-11Z" name="transform"/>
<FRBRauthor href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk"/>
<FRBRformat value="application/akn+xml"/>
</FRBRManifestation>
</identification>
<lifecycle source="#">
<eventRef refersTo="#enactment" date="2015-07-24" eId="date-enacted" source="#"/>
<eventRef date="2016-01-29" eId="date-2016-01-29" source="#"/>
<eventRef date="2023-11-27" eId="date-2023-11-27" source="#"/>
</lifecycle>
<analysis source="#">
<restrictions source="#">
<restriction refersTo="#extent-ni" type="jurisdiction"/>
<restriction refersTo="#period-from-2023-11-27" type="jurisdiction"/>
<restriction href="#body" refersTo="#period-from-2023-11-27" type="jurisdiction"/>
<restriction href="#part-9" refersTo="#period-from-2023-11-27" type="jurisdiction"/>
<restriction href="#part-9-crossheading-defence-access-to-premises" refersTo="#period-from-2016-01-29" type="jurisdiction"/>
<restriction href="#section-94" refersTo="#period-from-2016-01-29" type="jurisdiction"/>
</restrictions>
<otherAnalysis source="">
<uk:commentary href="#section-94" refersTo="#key-3fd4a95f8e96bc9c6cd877ad5b388c6f"/>
</otherAnalysis>
</analysis>
<temporalData source="#">
<temporalGroup eId="period-from-2016-01-29">
<timeInterval start="#date-2016-01-29" refersTo="#"/>
</temporalGroup>
<temporalGroup eId="period-from-2023-11-27">
<timeInterval start="#date-2023-11-27" refersTo="#"/>
</temporalGroup>
</temporalData>
<references source="#">
<TLCEvent eId="enactment" href="" showAs="EnactmentDate"/>
<TLCLocation eId="extent-ni" href="" showAs="N.I."/>
</references>
<notes source="#">
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="I" class="commentary I" eId="key-3fd4a95f8e96bc9c6cd877ad5b388c6f" marker="I1">
<p>
<ref eId="cj1f6qme2-00007" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2015/9/section/94">S. 94</ref>
in operation at 29.1.2016 by
<ref eId="cj1f6qme2-00008" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2015/418">S.R. 2015/418</ref>
,
<ref eId="cj1f6qme2-00009" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2015/418/article/2/a">art. 2(a)</ref>
</p>
</note>
</notes>
<proprietary xmlns:ukm="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/metadata" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dct="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" source="#">
<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2015/9/section/94</dc:identifier>
<dc:title>Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015</dc:title>
<dc:description>An Act to provide for a single jurisdiction for county courts and magistrates' courts; to amend the law on committal for trial; to provide for prosecutorial fines; to make provision in relation to victims and witnesses in criminal proceedings and investigations; to amend the law on criminal records and live links; to provide for violent offences prevention orders; to make other amendments relating to the administration of civil and criminal justice; and for connected purposes.</dc:description>
<dc:type>text</dc:type>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>en</dc:language>
<dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher>
<dc:modified>2024-04-02</dc:modified>
<dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor>
<dct:valid>2023-11-27</dct:valid>
<ukm:PrimaryMetadata>
<ukm:DocumentClassification>
<ukm:DocumentCategory Value="primary"/>
<ukm:DocumentMainType Value="NorthernIrelandAct"/>
<ukm:DocumentStatus Value="revised"/>
</ukm:DocumentClassification>
<ukm:Year Value="2015"/>
<ukm:Number Value="9"/>
<ukm:EnactmentDate Date="2015-07-24"/>
<ukm:ISBN Value="9780105951629"/>
</ukm:PrimaryMetadata>
<ukm:Notes>
<ukm:Note IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2015/9/section/94/notes" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2015/9/section/94/notes"/>
<ukm:Alternatives>
<ukm:Alternative URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2015/9/pdfs/niaen_20150009_en.pdf" Date="2015-08-04" Title="Explanatory Note" Size="442664"/>
</ukm:Alternatives>
</ukm:Notes>
<ukm:Alternatives>
<ukm:Alternative URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2015/9/pdfs/nia_20150009_en.pdf" Date="2015-07-28" Size="1189969"/>
</ukm:Alternatives>
<ukm:Statistics>
<ukm:TotalParagraphs Value="374"/>
<ukm:BodyParagraphs Value="120"/>
<ukm:ScheduleParagraphs Value="254"/>
<ukm:AttachmentParagraphs Value="0"/>
<ukm:TotalImages Value="0"/>
</ukm:Statistics>
</proprietary>
</meta>
<body eId="body">
<part eId="part-9">
<num>
<b>PART 9</b>
</num>
<heading>MISCELLANEOUS</heading>
<hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="part-9-crossheading-defence-access-to-premises">
<heading>
<i>Defence access to premises</i>
</heading>
<section eId="section-94" uk:target="true">
<num>94</num>
<heading>Defence access to premises</heading>
<subsection eId="section-94-1">
<num>(1)</num>
<content>
<p>Where a person charged with an offence appears or is brought before a court in connection with that offence, the court may, on the application of that person, make an order under this section for access by or on behalf of that person to any premises specified in the order.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-94-2">
<num>(2)</num>
<content>
<p>Where a person convicted of an offence appeals against that conviction, the court to which the appeal lies may, on the application of that person, make an order under this section for access by or on behalf of that person to any premises specified in the order.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-94-3">
<num>(3)</num>
<intro>
<p>In this section—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-94-3-a">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>in relation to an order made under subsection (1), “D” and “the court” mean, respectively, the person and the court referred to in that subsection;</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-94-3-b">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>in relation to an order made under subsection (2), “D” and “the court” mean, respectively, the person and the court referred to in that subsection;</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-94-3-c">
<num>(c)</num>
<content>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-premises" eId="term-premises">premises</term>
” means any place and, in particular, includes a vehicle, vessel or moveable object;
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-94-3-d">
<num>(d)</num>
<content>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-specified" eId="term-specified">specified</term>
”, in relation to an order under this section, means specified in the order.
</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-94-4">
<num>(4)</num>
<intro>
<p>The court shall not make an order under this section in relation to any premises unless it is satisfied that—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-94-4-a">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>access to the premises is required to ensure compliance with Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights; and</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-94-4-b">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>the order is an appropriate means of securing such access.</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-94-5">
<num>(5)</num>
<intro>
<p>An order under this section for access to any premises authorises the specified persons—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-94-5-a">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>to enter those premises;</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-94-5-b">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>to inspect those premises and anything on those premises;</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-94-5-c">
<num>(c)</num>
<content>
<p>to carry out any other specified activity on those premises or in relation to anything on those premises.</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-94-6">
<num>(6)</num>
<content>
<p>An order under this section does not of itself authorise the release of D from custody.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-94-7">
<num>(7)</num>
<intro>
<p>An order under this section may include conditions in connection with the access granted by the order to any premises including conditions—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-94-7-a">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>requiring the specified persons to be accompanied by a police officer at all times while on the premises;</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-94-7-b">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>as to the date and time of day when access to the premises is to take place;</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-94-7-c">
<num>(c)</num>
<content>
<p>as to the conduct of any activity specified under subsection (5)(c);</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-94-7-d">
<num>(d)</num>
<content>
<p>as to such other matters as the court thinks fit.</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-94-8">
<num>(8)</num>
<content>
<p>An order under this section authorises entry to the specified premises on one occasion only; but nothing in this section prevents a court from making more than one order in relation to any premises.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-94-9">
<num>(9)</num>
<intro>
<p>An application to a court for an order under this section in relation to any premises is to be made in accordance with the rules governing the practice and procedure of that court; and such rules may in particular provide for—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-94-9-a">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>notice of the making of the application to be served on the occupier of the premises and any other persons appearing to the court to have an interest in the matter; and</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-94-9-b">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>for such persons to have an opportunity to make representations to the court as to the conditions to be imposed in relation to any order made under this section.</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
</section>
</hcontainer>
</part>
</body>
</act>
</akomaNtoso>