PART IINTRODUCTORY
Title and commencement1
1
This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1994.
2
This Order shall come into operation on such day or days as the Secretary of State may by order appointF1.
Interpretation2
1
The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954F2 shall apply to Article 1 and the following provisions of this Order as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
2
In this Order—
“fine” includes a pecuniary penalty but does not include a pecuniary forfeiture or pecuniary compensation;
“relevant provision” means a provision contained in—
- a
an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom;
- b
an Act of the Parliament of Ireland;
- c
an Act of the Parliament of Northern Ireland;
- d
an Order in Council under section 1(3) of the Northern Ireland (Temporary Provisions) Act 1972F3;
- e
an Order in Council under Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Act 1974;
- a
“statutory provision” has the meaning assigned to it by section 1(f) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954.
Para. (3) rep. by 1999 c.23