The Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981
Northern Ireland Order in Council 1981 No. 1675 — creates 14 criminal offences.
14offences created
14recorded in force
0revoked
- Made
- 24 November 1981
- In force from
- Not determined
- Extent
- N.I.
- Subject
- Courts, police, prisons and the administration of justice
Explanatory note
No explanatory note was published with this instrument, or none was found in its text.
Offences created by this instrument
- Subject to paragraphs (4) and (5), a person commits an offence if— a being required by Article 102(1) or 104(2) to… article 108(1) · In force · Requires proof of a state of mind
- Penalty for witness failing to appear or obey direction of court excluding him article 119(1) · In force · Strict liability
- Proof by affidavit of service of summons, handwriting, etc article 126(4) · In force · Requires proof of a state of mind
- Non-appearance of accused: issue of warrant article 25(2) · In force · Strict liability
- Where a person over the age of fourteen years is charged before a court of summary jurisdiction with a summary offence… article 29(1) · In force · Strict liability
- Reports of preliminary proceedings article 44(3) · In force · Strict liability
- Remand for inquiry into physical or mental condition article 51(1) · In force · Strict liability
- Power to impose fine in lieu of imprisonment article 54(1) · In force · Strict liability
- Power to impose fine in lieu of imprisonment article 54(1)(b) · In force · Strict liability
- Power to impose fine in lieu of imprisonment article 54(1)(b)(ii) · In force · Strict liability
- Orders for periodical payment: means of payment article 85(14) · In force · Strict liability
- Newspaper reports of domestic proceedings article 90(2) · In force · Strict liability
- Offences under the following provisions of the Criminal Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1967— a section 4(1) (assisting… paragraph 18 of SCHEDULE 2 · In force · Strict liability
- Subject to paragraph 4, where ... the preliminary inquiry of the offence is conducted before a resident magistrate and… paragraph 3 of SCHEDULE 4 · In force · Strict liability
How Parliament handled it
Parliament's Statutory Instruments service records procedure from May 2017 onwards, and this instrument predates it. That is a limit of the source, not a statement that nothing happened.
Check the source
- This instrument on legislation.gov.uk The authoritative text, including amendments made since
- Other instruments from 1981