Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 (Commencement No. 7) Order 2011

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2011 No. 371 (C. 27)

Criminal Law

Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 (Commencement No. 7) Order 2011

Made

21 October 2011

The Department of Justice makes the following Order, in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 1(4) of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 (1) and now vested in it (2).

Citation

1.  This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 (Commencement No. 7) Order 2011.

Commencement

2.  The following provisions of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 shall come into operation on the 1st January 2012—

(a) Article 45 (supervised activity order for default in payment of certain fines); and

(b) Schedule 3 (supervised activity orders: further provisions).

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Justice on 21 October 2011

David Ford

Minister of Justice

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into operation Article 45 of and Schedule 3 to the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 on 1st January 2012. These provisions provide the court with the power to make a Supervised Activity Order (SAO) as an alternative to committal to custody for fine default.

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS

(This note is not part of the Order)

Provision	Date of Commencement	S.I. No.
Articles 3, 4, 7 (partially), 12 to 15 and Schedules 1 and 2, 16, 18, 21 (partially), 22 (partially), 24(1), (3) to (6), (7)(b) and (8), 27, 28 (partially), 31, 32(1), (2)(a) and (c) and (4) (partially), 33(1) to (3) and (6)(a)(i) (partially), 46 and Schedule 4, 102(1) (partially), 102(2) (partially), Schedule 5 (partially) and Schedule 6 (partially)	15th May 2008	S.R. 2008 No. 217 (C. 8)
Articles 34, 52, 53, 55 to 59, 62 to 64, 73, 74, 90, 91, 102(2) (partially) and Schedule 6 (partially)	16th July 2008	S.R. 2008 No. 293 (C. 16)
Articles 47 to 51 and Schedule 6 (partially)	6th October 2008	S.R. 2008 No. 383 (C. 20)
Articles 67 and 87	8th December 2008	S.R. 2008 No. 472 (C. 28)
Articles 75 to 78	19th December 2008	S.R. 2008 No. 472 (C. 28)
Articles 65 and 66	5th January 2009	S.R. 2008 No. 472 (C. 28)
Articles 79 to 83 and Schedule 6 Part 4	2nd February 2009	S.R. 2008 No. 472 (C. 28)
Articles 5, 6, 7 (partially), 8 to 11, 17, 21 (partially), 23, 28 (partially), 29 (partially), 32 (partially), 33 (partially), 35 to 44, 102 (1) and (2) (partially), Schedule 5 (partially) and Schedule 6 (partially)	1st April 2009	S.R. 2009 No. 120 (C. 6)
Article 92	26th February 2010	S.R. 2010 No. 36 (C. 1)

(1)

S.I. 2008/1216 (N.I. 1)

(2)

Article 4(1) of and paragraph 32 of Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976) transferred the functions of the Secretary of State under Article 1(4) of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 to the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland.