The Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1996

Northern Ireland Order in Council 1996 No. 3160 — creates 14 criminal offences.

Made

19 December 1996

In force from

Not determined

Extent

Not stated

Subject

Miscellaneous

Made under

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— a makes further provision with respect to the powers of the courts to deal with offenders, including fresh provision with respect to probation and community service orders and to release on licence of sex offenders; b makes provision for 28 day remands; c makes provision about the jurisdiction of courts in Northern Ireland in relation to certain offences of dishonesty and blackmail; d makes provision for an accused to be open to question as to his own character if he impugns the character of a deceased victim of the alleged crime; e abolishes the corroboration rules; f makes provision relating to the verdict of insanity or unfitness to plead and provides for a trial of the facts in the case of a defendant found to be unfit to plead; g creates an offence of witness and juror intimidation; h creates new offences with respect to certain knives and other dangerous weapons; and i enables rules to provide for the furnishing of information by the prosecution in criminal cases.

Offences created by this instrument

• Community service orders in respect of convicted persons article 13(3) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Convictions during currency of original sentences article 28(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Convictions during currency of original sentences article 28(1)(a) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Statements as to offenders' means article 30(4) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Extended jurisdiction in relation to certain attempts article 3A(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Attempt, conspiracy and incitement article 42(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Attempt, conspiracy and incitement article 42(1)(a) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Attempt, conspiracy and incitement article 42(1)(b) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Relevance of external law article 43(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Relevance of external law article 43(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Relevance of external law article 43(3) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Powers to deal with persons not guilty by reason of insanity or unfit to be tried, etc article 50A(6) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Manufacture or sale, etc., of certain knives article 53 · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Sale of knives and certain articles with blade or point to persons under 16 article 54(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability

How Parliament handled it

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• Other instruments from 1996