The Child Abduction (Northern Ireland) Order 1985

Northern Ireland Order in Council 1985 No. 1638 — creates 2 criminal offences.

Made

30 October 1985

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

• Subject to paragraphs (2A) to (3A) and (7), a person connected with a child under the age of 16 commits an offence if… article 3(1) · In force · Strict liability
• Subject to paragraph (3), a person, other than one mentioned in paragraph (2), commits an offence if, without lawful… article 4(1) · 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 1985