UK Offence Report

The Criminal Justice (Serious Fraud) (Northern Ireland) Order 1988

Northern Ireland Order in Council 1988 No. 1846 — creates 1 criminal offence.

1offences created
0recorded in force
0revoked
Made
26 October 1988
In force from
Not determined
Extent
Not stated
Subject
Courts, police, prisons and the administration of justice
Made under
Criminal Justice Act 1987, Criminal Justice Act 1988, Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Act 1974

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

This Order is made only for purposes corresponding to those of sections 4 to 12 of the Criminal Justice Act 1987 and of section 144 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988. Articles 3 to 5 lay down a procedure under which serious or complex cases of fraud may be transferred direct to the jurisdiction of the Crown Court without the need for committal proceedings. Articles 6 to 9 provide for formal preparatory hearings in complex fraud cases. Article 10 contains restrictions on reporting applications for discharge of transferred cases and preparatory hearings, and Article 11 provides that conspiracy to defraud may be charged in circumstances also involving the commission of substantive offences.

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