The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Reviews of Sentencing) Order (Northern Ireland) 2019

Northern Ireland Statutory Rule 2019 No. 131 — creates 3 criminal offences.

Made

9 July 2019

In force from

1 August 2019

Extent

Not stated

Subject

Terrorism, official secrets and national security

Made under

Criminal Justice Act 1988, No. 131 Justice The Criminal Justice Act 1988

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.

Part 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988, as amended by the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002, empowers the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland (“the DPP”), with the leave of the Court of Appeal, to refer certain cases to that Court where the DPP considers that the sentences imposed were unduly lenient. Article 2 specifies the offences in respect of which that power may be exercised. Article 3 specifies cases in which a sentence is passed for attempting, encouraging or assisting the commission of any of the offences in Article 2.

Offences created by this instrument

• Part 4 of the 1988 Act article 2 · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
• Part 4 of the 1988 Act article 2(bbb) · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
• Part 4 of the 1988 Act article 2(eee) · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind

How Parliament handled it

Parliament's Statutory Instruments service has no record of this instrument, although it covers the period. Nothing is inferred from that.

Check the source

• This instrument on legislation.gov.uk The authoritative text, including amendments made since
• Other instruments from 2019