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(1)Article 6 of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/ 2839 (N.I. 20)) (sex offender orders) shall be amended as follows.
(2)In paragraph (1) (application for a sex offender order)—
(a)for “in Northern Ireland” there shall be substituted “who he believes is in, or is intending to come to, Northern Ireland”;
(b)for “the public” there shall be substituted “the public in the United Kingdom, or any particular members of that public,”.
(3)In paragraph (2) (which identifies the court to which an application must be made), for the words following “1981 to” there shall be substituted “any court of summary jurisdiction”.
(4)In paragraph (4) (the prohibitions which may be imposed), for “the public” there shall be substituted “the public in the United Kingdom, or any particular members of that public,”.
(5)In paragraph (7) (discharge of orders), after “parties” there shall be inserted “and subject to paragraph (7A)”.
(6)After that paragraph there shall be inserted—
“(7A)Where a court makes a sex offender order in relation to a person who is already subject to such an order (whether made by that court or another), the earlier order is discharged by the making of the subsequent one.”
(7)Subsection (4) applies in relation to applications and orders under Article 6 of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1998, whether made before or after the coming into force of this section.
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