Legislation – Criminal Justice (Committal Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022

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Introduction

1 Abolition of preliminary investigations

2 Abolition of mixed committals: evidence on oath not to be given at preliminary inquiry

3 Consequential amendments and repeals

4 Direct committal for trial: miscellaneous amendments

5 Commencement and transitional provisions, etc.

6 Short title

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE Amendments and repeals: Abolition of preliminary investigations and mixed committals

SCHEDULEAmendments and repeals: Abolition of preliminary investigations and mixed committals

The Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (NI 12)

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The following provisions are repealed—

(a)

Article 80A(4)(a);

(b)

in Article 81(1A)—

(i)

in sub-paragraph (a) the words “to preliminary investigations or preliminary inquiries into indictable offences,”;

(ii)

sub-paragraph (c) and the word “and” immediately before it;

(c)

in Article 81(7) the words “at a preliminary investigation or a preliminary inquiry into an indictable offence or”;

(d)

Article 81A(10).