Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1980

SCHEDULES

Section 7(4).

SCHEDULE 1U.K. Provisions Applicable on Retrial

Legal AidU.K.

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Textual Amendments

F1Sch. 1 para. 1 repealed (N.I.) (1.4.2015) by Access to Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/435 (N.I. 10)), art. 1(2), Sch. 4 para. 5(5), Sch. 5 (with art. 45); S.R. 2015/194, art. 2, Sch. (with art. 3); S.R. 2015/237, art. 2, Sch. 1

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Textual Amendments

F2Sch. 1 para. 2 and preceding cross-heading substituted (N.I) (18.4.2005) for Sch. 1 para. 2, 2A and preceding cross-heading by The Criminal Justice (Evidence) (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/1501 (N.I. 10)), arts. 1, 34 (with savings in art. 43); S.R. 2005/242, art. 2

[F32.—(1)Evidence given at a retrial ordered under section 6 of this Act must be given orally if it was given orally at the original trial, unless—U.K.

(a)all the parties to the retrial agree otherwise;

(b)Article 20 of the Criminal Justice (Evidence) (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 applies (admissibility of hearsay evidence where a witness is unavailable); or

(c)the witness is unavailable to give evidence, otherwise than as mentioned in paragraph (2) of that Article, and Article 18(1)(d) of that Order applies (admission of hearsay evidence under residual discretion).

(2)On a retrial ordered under section 6 of this Act, Article 42(1) of the Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (reading of depositions) shall not apply to the depositions of any person who gave evidence at the original trial.]

Textual Amendments

F3Sch. 1 para. 2 and preceding cross-heading substituted (N.I) (18.4.2005) for Sch. 1 para. 2, 2A and preceding cross-heading by The Criminal Justice (Evidence) (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/1501 (N.I. 10)), arts. 1, 34 (with savings in art. 43); S.R. 2005/242, art. 2

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Conviction and sentenceU.K.

3U.K.Notwithstanding any rule of law to the contrary, a person ordered to be retried under section 6 of this Act may, if found guilty, be convicted on the retrial and the court before whom he is so convicted may pass in respect of the offence of which he is so convicted any sentence authorised by law to be imposed upon a conviction for that offence.

4U.K.Without prejudice to the power of the court to impose any other sentence, the court before whom a person is convicted on retrial may pass in respect of the offence any sentence lawfully passed in respect of the offence charged on the original conviction notwithstanding that, on the date of the conviction on retrial, that person has ceased to be of an age at which such a sentence could otherwise be passed.

5U.K.Where the person convicted on retrial is sentenced to imprisonment or other detention, the sentence shall begin to run from the time when such a sentence passed at the original trial would have begun to run; but, in computing the term of his sentence or the period for which he may be detained thereunder, as the case may be, there shall be disregarded—

(a)any time before his conviction on retrial which would have been disregarded if the sentence had been passed at the original trial and the original conviction had not been quashed; or

(b)any time during which he was at large after being admitted to bail under section 17 of this Act.

Section 13(6).

SCHEDULE 2U.K. Consequences and Effect of Order under Section 13(6) for Detention in Hospital

1(1)An order for detention under section 13(6) of this Act shall be sufficient authority for a constable, [F6an approved social worker] or any other person directed by the Court of Appeal to take the person to whom the order relates and convey him at any time within the period of seven days beginning with the date on which the order was made, to the hospital mentioned in that subsection.U.K.

(2)The Court of Appeal may give such directions as it thinks fit for the conveyance of the person to whom the order relates to a place of safety within the meaning of [F7Article 129(7) of the Mental Health Order] and his detention therein pending his admission to hospital within the said period of seven days.

(3)Where a person is ordered under section 13(6) of this Act to be detained in a hospital, the order shall be sufficient authority to detain him in the hospital in accordance with the provisions of the [F7Mental Health Order], as applied by the next following paragraph.

Textual Amendments

2U.K.A person who is detained in hospital in pursuance of an order under section 13(6) of this Act shall be treated for the purposes of [F8the Mental Health Order] as if he had been admitted on the date of the order in pursuance of an application [F8for assessment duly made under Part II of that Order].

Textual Amendments

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Section 51(1)

SCHEDULE 4U.K. Amendments.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1The text of Schedule 4 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as specified, does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

The Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1945 (c. 15).U.K.

1U.K.In section 33(4) for the words from “may appeal” to “and that Court” substitute the words “ may appeal under Part I of the Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1980 to the Court of Appeal, and that Court ”.

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The Geneva Convention Act 1957 (c. 52).U.K.

3U.K.In section 4 in subsection (1) for the words “section 3(1)(a) of the Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1968” substitute the words “ section 27(1)(a) of the Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1980 ” and in the Table following subsection (1A) for the entry relating to the Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1968 substitute the following entry—

The Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1980 Section 32(1).

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Textual Amendments

The Costs in Criminal Cases Act (Northern Ireland) 1968 (c. 10).U.K.

6U.K.In section 3(4) for the words “section 13 of the Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1968” and “section 46(2) of the Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1968” substitute the words “ section 6 of the Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1980 ” and “ section 41(2) of the Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1980 ” respectively.

7U.K.In section 4. . . F12 in subsection (2) for the words “section 32(2)” substitute the words “ section 28(2) ”.

Textual Amendments

8U.K.In section 6 for the words “section 32(2) of the Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1968” substitute the words “ section 28(2) of the Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1980 ”.

The Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland) 1968 (c. 34).U.K.

9U.K.In section 76(6)(b) for the words “the Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1968” substitute the words “ section 9 of the Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1980 ”.

The Criminal Jurisdiction Act 1975 (c. 59).U.K.

10U.K.In Part II of Schedule 4, in paragraph 5(1)(b) for the words “Act 1968” substitute the words “ Act 1980 ”.

The Treatment of Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 (S.I. 1976/226 (N.I.4)).U.K.

11U.K.In Article 4 for the words “or (5)a” substitute the words “ a magistrates’ ” and at the end add the words “ and where under Article 3(1) or (5) the Crown Court orders that a person be returned to prison or to a young offenders centre, that person may appeal against that order in accordance with section 9 of the Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1980 ”.

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THE NORTHERN IRELAND (EMERGENCY PROVISIONS) ACT 1978 (C. 5).U.K.

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THE JUDICATURE (NORTHERN IRELAND) ACT 1978 (C. 23).U.K.

15U.K.In section 36(1) for the words “and section 48 of the Criminal Appeal Act, every appeal or reference to the Court of Appeal” substitute the words “ every appeal to the Court of Appeal, other than an appeal under the Criminal Appeal Act, ”.

16U.K.In section 44(6) for the words “Part II” substitute the words “ Part I ”.

17U.K.In section 49(6) for the words “section 20(1)” substitute the words “ section 16(1) ”.

18U.K.In section 120(1) in the definition of “Criminal Appeal Act” for the words “Act 1968” substitute the words “ Act 1980 ” and in the definition of “sentence” for the words “section 35 of the Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1968”, substitute the words “ section 30 of the Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1980 ”.

Section 51(2)

SCHEDULE 5U.K. Repeals.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2The text of Schedule 5 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.