Criminal Justice (Committal Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 No. 4

SCHEDULE N.I. Amendments and repeals: Abolition of preliminary investigations and mixed committals

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

11.  The following provisions are repealed— N.I.

(a) Article 80A(4)(a);

(b) in Article 81(1A)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (a) the words “to preliminary investigations or preliminary inquiries into indictable offences,”;

(ii) sub-paragraph (c) and the word “and” immediately before it;

(c) in Article 81(7) the words “at a preliminary investigation or a preliminary inquiry into an indictable offence or”;

(d) Article 81A(10).

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. para. 11 not in operation at Royal Assent, see s. 5(2)

I2 Sch. para. 11 in operation at 17.10.2022 by S.R. 2022/221, art. 2(d)