EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into operation section 13(1) of the Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2013 (c.7) (“the 2013 Act”).
Section 13(1) of the 2013 Act disapplies section 7 of the Sunday Observance Act (Ireland) 1695 to allow for a magistrates’ court, in the exercise of its criminal jurisdiction, to be held on a Sunday.
In accordance with section 13(4) of the 2013 Act, this Order will cease to be in operation one month from the day appointed in Article 2 of this Order for the coming into operation of section 13(1) of the 2013 Act.