SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 4 N.I.Offence of non-fatal strangulation or asphyxiation: consequential amendments

Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (NI 12) N.I.

1.  In Article 53A (qualifying offences for particular investigative purposes), in paragraph (2)— N.I.

(a) the second of the two sub-paragraphs numbered as (t) is renumbered as (u),

(b) after the second of those two sub-paragraphs insert—

“(v) an offence under section 28 of the Justice (Sexual Offences and Trafficking Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (non-fatal strangulation or asphyxiation).”.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 4 para. 1 not in operation at Royal Assent, see s. 30(2)

I2 Sch. 4 para. 1(b) in operation at 26.6.2023 by S.R. 2023/87, art. 2(b)