SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 32Amendments relating to sentencing

Part 1General

Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/3160 (N.I.24))

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1

Article 13 (community service orders) is amended as follows.

2

In paragraph (1) for “(not being an offence for which the sentence is fixed by law)” there is substituted “ (not being an offence for which the sentence is fixed by law or falls to be imposed under Article 52A(2) of the Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 1981) ”.

3

In paragraph (4)(b) as it has effect pursuant to paragraph 7(1) of Schedule 13 to the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (reciprocal arrangements), for “such orders” there is substituted “ an unpaid work requirement of a community order (within the meaning of Part 12 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003) ”.