http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2022/4/schedule/crossheading/the-magistrates-courts-northern-ireland-order-1981-ni-26Criminal Justice (Committal Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022Amend the law relating to committal for trial.Statute Law Database2022-11-24Expert Participation2022-10-17 SCHEDULE Amendments and repeals: Abolition of preliminary investigations and mixed committals <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1981/1675" id="c00008" Class="NorthernIrelandOrderInCouncil" Year="1981" Number="1675" AlternativeNumber="N.I. 26">The Magistrates’ Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (NI 26)</Citation> 8 1 The following provisions are repealed— a in Article 2(3), in the definition of “summary proceeding”, the words “a preliminary investigation or” and “investigation or”; b in Article 16(1)(a) the words “or a preliminary investigation”; c Article 31. 2 In Article 32(1) for the words from the beginning to “together with” in sub-paragraph (a) substitute— 1 Where a preliminary inquiry into an indictable offence is to be heldby a magistrates’ court, the prosecution shall— a send . 3 The following provisions are repealed— a in Article 32(1)(b) the words “a copy of that notice together with”; b Article 32(3) and (4)(a); c in Article 33(1) the words “to the like extent as oral evidence to the like effect by that person”; d in Article 35 the words “a preliminary investigation or” and “investigation or”; e Article 37(1); f in Article 37(5) the words “investigation or”; g in Article 39(1) the words “investigation or”; h in Article 42(1) the words from “or the deposition taken” to “on his behalf,”; i in Article 42(3) the words “(other than a statement which is to be disregarded under Article 34(2))”; j in Article 44(1) and (2) the words “investigation or”; k in Article 46(1) the words “whether any evidence shall then have been given or not”; l in Article 46(2) the words “depositions shall be taken or, as the case may require,”; m in Schedule 4 in paragraphs 1 and 3 the words “the preliminary investigation or”; n in Schedule 5, paragraph 3. Sch. para. 8 not in operation at Royal Assent, see s. 5(2)Sch. para. 8 in operation at 17.10.2022 by S.R. 2022/221, art. 2(d)
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