1. These Regulations may be cited as the Children’s Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (Notice of Transfer) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 and shall come into operation on 14th February 1998.
2. In these Regulations—
“criminal investigation” has the meaning specified in section 1(4) of the 1996 Act;
“the principal regulations” means the Children’s Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (Notice of Transfer) Regulations 1996(1);
“the 1996 Act” means the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996(2).
3. Paragraph 7 of Form 2 in the Schedule to the principal regulations shall cease to have effect in relation to alleged offences into which no criminal investigation has begun before the commencement of Part I of the 1996 Act.
John Morris
Her Majesty’s Attorney General
14th January 1998