Judgments Enforcement (Northern Ireland) Order 1981

Northern Ireland Order in Council 1981 No. 226 — creates 8 criminal offences.

Made

18 February 1981

In force from

Not determined

Extent

N.I.

Subject

Miscellaneous

Explanatory note

No explanatory note was published with this instrument, or none was found in its text.

Offences created by this instrument

• Obstruction and personation of enforcement officers article 118 · Revoked · Strict liability
• False applications: criminal and civil liability article 119(1) · Revoked · Requires proof of a state of mind
• False answers article 120 · Revoked · Requires proof of a state of mind
• Rescue of or interference with goods in custody of Office article 121 · Revoked · Strict liability
• Subject to paragraphs (4) and (5), a person commits an offence if— a being required by Article 74(1), 76(3), 100(1) or… article 122(1) · Revoked · Requires proof of a state of mind
• Where a person commits an offence under paragraph (1)— a he shall in any case on summary conviction be liable to a… article 122(2) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Misrepresentation by debt collectors article 123(1) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Default of debtor article 86(4) · Revoked · Strict liability

What Parliament said about it

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• Judgments Enforcement (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 Lords · Lords Chamber · 20 January 1981
• Fines And Penalties (Northern Ireland) Commons · Commons Chamber · 15 May 1984 · Mr. William Ross (Londonderry, East)

  I welcome the order, as I believe that this upgrading in the level of fines is long overdue. I shall listen with great interest to the Minister's reply to the point made by my right hon. Friend the Member for Down, South (Mr. Powell) as to whether an increase in real income is taken into account in deciding by how much the various fines should be increased. I have examined the order with some interest, because there is an amazing variation in the fines contained therein. In schedule 4, under the Judgments Enforcement (Northern Ireland) Order 1981, in relation to one offence, the fine…

• Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 Lords · Lords Chamber · 31 October 1989

  The final broad area of difference between the legislation before the House and that which already exists in Great Britain relates to the existence of a separate scheme for the enforcement of judgments in Northern Ireland. That has required the omission of certain provisions of the 1986 Act and substantial amendments to the Judgments Enforcement (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 which are detailed in Schedule 9 of the insolvency order.

• Charging Orders: Supplementary Provisions Commons · Commons Chamber · 6 March 1991

  (4) In this paragraph and paragraph 6 above— "building society" has the same meaning as in the Building Societies Act 1986; "dividend" includes any distribution in respect of any unit of a unit trust; "government funds or stocks" has the same meaning as in the Judgments Enforcement (Northern Ireland) Order 1981; "stock" includes shares, debentures and any securities of the body concerned, whether or not constituting a charge on the assets of that body; "unit trust" means any trust established for the purpose, or having the effect, of providing, for persons having funds available for…

• "Minor And Consequential Amendments: Northern Ireland Lords · Lords Chamber · 17 November 2004

  Judgments Enforcement (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (S.I 1981/226 (N.I. 6)

How Parliament handled it

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• Other instruments from 1981