SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1Minor and consequential amendments

Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 (NI 9)

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1

Schedule 4 to the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 (qualifying offences for the purposes of the prosecution's right of appeal in evidentiary rulings) is amended as follows.

2

After paragraph 7 insert—

7A

An offence under Article 5 of the Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 (rape).

3

After paragraph 10 insert—

10A

An offence under any of the following provisions of the Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008—

  • Article 6 (assault by penetration);

  • Article 12 (rape of a child under 13);

  • Article 13 (assault of a child under 13 by penetration).