The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Application of Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2016 No. 33

Proceeds Of Crime

The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Application of Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016

Made

5th February 2016

Coming into operation

1st March 2016

The Department of Justice makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 355(3A)(1) and 459(3) and (7A) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002(2) and now vested in it(3).

(1)

Section 355 is amended by section 66(6) of the Policing and Crime Act 2009 (c. 26); subsection (3A) is inserted by Article 12 of, and paragraphs 47 and 66(1) and (3) of Schedule 14 to, the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976) (“the 2010 Order”).

(3)

The section 459 powers of the Secretary of State are transferred to the Department of Justice by Article 12 of, and paragraphs 47 and 74(1), (2) and (7) of Schedule 14 to, the 2010 Order.