The Malicious Communications (Northern Ireland) Order 1988

Northern Ireland Order in Council 1988 No. 1849 — creates 1 criminal offence.

Made

26 October 1988

In force from

27 December 1988

Extent

Not stated

Subject

Miscellaneous

Made under

Malicious Communications 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 the Malicious Communications Act 1988. It creates an offence of sending or delivering letters or articles with the intention of causing distress or anxiety.

Offences created by this instrument

• Any person who sends to another person— a a letter or other article which conveys— i a message which is indecent or… article 3(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability

What Parliament said about it

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• Online Safety Bill Lords · Lords Chamber · 16 May 2023 · The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Culture, Media and Sport (Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay) (Con)

  My Lords, I am very grateful to my noble friend Lady Fraser of Craigmaddie for her vigilance in this area and for the discussion she had with the Bill team, which they and I found useful. Given the tenor of this short but important debate, I think it may be helpful if we have a meeting for other noble Lords who also want to benefit from discussing some of these things in detail, and particularly to talk about some of the issues the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson of Balmacara, just raised. It would be useful for us to talk in detail about general questions on the operation of the law before we…

How Parliament handled it

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• This instrument on legislation.gov.uk The authoritative text, including amendments made since
• Other instruments from 1988