Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015

136—(1) In Article 60(1), in the inserted Article 38B(5) of the Offenders Order, omit “or (if the supervising court is not the Crown Court or the relevant local court) to either the supervising court or the relevant local court”. N.I.

(2) In Article 60(1), in the inserted Article 38E(3) of the Offenders Order—

(a) in the definition of “proper officer” omit “for the petty sessions district for which the court acts”;

(b) omit the definition of “relevant local court”;

(c) in the definition of “supervising court” omit “acting for the same petty sessions district as the court which made the order”.

(3) In Article 61 (experimental period)—

(a) in paragraph (4)(b) omit “acting for a petty sessions district”;

(b) in paragraph (6) for “petty sessions district” substitute “magistrates' court”;

(c) in paragraph (7) for “a district” substitute “ a court ” and for “districts” substitute “ courts ”.

(4) Omit Article 92 (jurisdiction of magistrates' court in relation to proving execution of arrest warrant).

(5) In Schedule 3 (supervised activity orders)—

(a) in paragraph 1 for “petty sessions district” substitute “ locality ”;

(b) omit paragraph 2(1);

(c) omit paragraph 3(4);

(d) in paragraph 5(2) omit “having jurisdiction in the place where the offender is arrested”;

(e) omit paragraph 6(2);

(f) in paragraph 6(4) for heads (a) and (b) substitute “ give a copy of the amending order to the supervising officer ”;

(g) omit paragraph 6(5);

(h) in paragraph 8(1)(b) omit the words from “having jurisdiction” to the end.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 1 para. 136 in operation at 31.10.2016 by S.R. 2016/387, art. 2(k) (with art. 3)