2015 No. 353

Criminal Law

The Criminal Justice (European Protection Order) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015

Made

Coming into operation

The Department of Justice, being designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 1 in relation to criminal justice 2, makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by that section.

Citation and commencementI11

These Regulations may be cited as the Criminal Justice (European Protection Order) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 and come into operation on 2nd November 2015.

Annotations:
Commencement Information
I1

Reg. 1 in operation at 2.11.2015, see reg. 1

Amendments to the Criminal Justice (European Protection Order) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2014I22

1

The Criminal Justice (European Protection Order) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2014 are amended as follows.

2

In regulation 3 (Interpretation - Part 2), in paragraph (1) -

a

in the definition of “European protection order” for “means an order made in accordance with” substitute “has the meaning given by”; and

b

in the definition of “protection measure”, in subparagraph (c), for “approaching the protected person to within a particular distance” substitute “approaching the protected person whether at all or within a particular distance”.

3

In regulation 10 (Reviewing, modifying and revoking a protection measure and related European protection order), in the heading, for “Reviewing” substitute “Renewing”.

4

In regulation 14 (Procedural requirements relating to the making of a restraining order), in paragraph (1), subparagraph (a), for “member” substitute “issuing”.

5

In regulation 17 (Modification of the European protection order (and giving effect to a modified order)), in paragraph (6) for “the appropriate article” substitute “that Article”.

Annotations:
Commencement Information
I2

Reg. 2 in operation at 2.11.2015, see reg. 1

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Justice on 8th October 2015

seal_r00001David FordMinister of Justice
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

These Regulations make minor technical amendments to the Criminal Justice (European Protection Order) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2014.