2021 No. 173
The Disclosure of Victims’ and Witnesses’ Information (Prescribed Bodies) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021
Made
Coming into operation
The Department of Justice, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 36 of, and paragraph 6(1) of Schedule 3 to, the Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 20151, makes the following Regulations.
Citation and commencement1
These Regulations may be cited as the Disclosure of Victims’ and Witnesses’ Information (Prescribed Bodies) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 and shall come into operation on 16th August 2021.
Interpretation2
In these Regulations—
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“the Act” means the Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015;
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“support services” has the same meaning as in paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 3 to the Act.
Amendment of the Disclosure of Victims’ and Witnesses’ Information (Prescribed Bodies) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20153
1
The Disclosure of Victims’ and Witnesses’ Information (Prescribed Bodies) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20152 are amended as follows—
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For regulation 3 substitute—
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“The following bodies are prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 3 to the Act—
a
Victim Support Northern Ireland; and
b
Advocacy Support Safety Information Services Together Northern Ireland, but only in so far as it relates to the provision of advocacy support services by that body.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Justice on 17th June 2021

(This note is not part of the Regulations)