Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2004 (Version in vigour from 2015-09-30 to )
Currency | No known outstanding effects |
Coming into Force | 30 September 2015 |
- “(8) It is the duty of—
- (a) the Lord Chancellor, and
- (b) those responsible for making nominations under subsection (5) (a) and (b) , to make such arrangements in connection with the exercise of their functions under this section as will, so far as is practicable, secure that the membership of the Commission is reflective of the community in Northern Ireland.
- (1) Subject as follows, a judicial member of the Commission holds office for the period specified in his appointment (or re-appointment) .
- (1A) A person may not be appointed as a judicial member for more than five years at a time; and the aggregate period for which a person may be a judicial member by virtue of his holding any one of the judicial offices mentioned in section 3(6) must not exceed ten years.
- “(4A) The Director shall refer to the Ombudsman any matter which—
- (a) appears to the Director to indicate that a police officer—
- (i) may have committed a criminal offence; or
- (ii) may, in the course of a criminal investigation, have behaved in a manner which would justify disciplinary proceedings; and
- “(1) A person commits an offence if, with the intention of perverting the course of justice, he seeks to influence the Director, the Deputy Director or a Public Prosecutor in any decision as to whether to institute or continue criminal proceedings.
- (2) A person commits an offence if, with the intention of perverting the course of justice, he seeks to influence a barrister or solicitor to whom the Director has under section 36(2) assigned the institution or conduct of any criminal proceedings in any decision as to whether to institute or continue those proceedings.
- (3) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—
- (a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both, and
- (b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to a fine, or to both.
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