Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015

6.—(1) Section 117 (disputes about accuracy of certificates) is amended as follows.

(2) In the title for “accuracy of certificates” substitute “certificates and up-date information”.

(3) After subsection (1A) insert—

“(1B) Where a person believes that the wrong up-date information has been given under section 116A in relation to the person’s certificate, the person may make an application in writing to the Department for corrected up-date information.”.

(4) In subsection (2)—

(a) after “inaccurate” insert “, or that the wrong up-date information has been given,”, and

(b) after “new certificate” insert “or (as the case may be) corrected up-date information”.

(5) After subsection (2) insert—

“(2A) In this section—

“corrected up-date information”, in relation to a certificate, means information which includes—

(a)

information that the wrong up-date information was given in relation to the certificate on a particular date, and

(b)

new up-date information in relation to the certificate,

“up-date information” has the same meaning as in section 116A.”