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

Abolition of preliminary investigations and mixed committals

Abolition of preliminary investigations1

Article 30 of the Magistrates’ Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (which enables a magistrates’ court to conduct a preliminary investigation of an indictable offence) is repealed; and accordingly all committal proceedings in a magistrates’ court shall be by way of preliminary inquiry under that Order.