SCHEDULE 11Minor and consequential amendments
PART 2Amendments relating to Part 9
Sexual Offences Act 2003 (c. 42)
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(1)
Section 110 of that Act (SOPOs and interim SOPOs: appeals) is amended as follows.
(2)
For the heading there is substituted “
Appeals in relation to SOPOs and interim SOPOs: Northern Ireland
”
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(3)
In subsections (1)(c), (2) and (3)(b), for “the Crown Court” there is substituted “
a county court
”
.
(4)
In subsection (4), for “the Crown Court” there is substituted “
the county court
”
.
(5)
“(5)
Any order made by a county court on an appeal under subsection (1)(c) or (2) (other than an order directing that an application be re-heard by a court of summary jurisdiction) is for the purposes of section 108(7) or 109(6) (respectively) to be treated as if it were an order of the court from which the appeal was brought (and not an order of the county court).”