The Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008

Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 (NI 9) N.I.

33.—(1) Schedule 4 to the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 (qualifying offences for the purposes of the prosecution's right of appeal in evidentiary rulings) is amended as follows. N.I.

(2) After paragraph 7 insert—

“7A.   An offence under Article 5 of the Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 (rape).”

(3) After paragraph 10 insert—

“10A.   An offence under any of the following provisions of the Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008—

• Article 6 (assault by penetration);

• Article 12 (rape of a child under 13);

• Article 13 (assault of a child under 13 by penetration).”