Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation2007 c. 6
(1) This section applies in relation to a person charged with one or more indictable offences (“the defendant”) .he suspects that any of the following conditions is met, andhe is satisfied that in view of this there is a risk that the administration of justice might be impaired if the trial were to be conducted with a jury.is a member of a proscribed organisation (see subsection (10) ) , orhas at any time been a member of an organisation that was, at that time, a proscribed organisation.the offence or any of the offences was committed on behalf of a proscribed organisation, ora proscribed organisation was otherwise involved with, or assisted in, the carrying out of the offence or any of the offences.the attempt was made on behalf of a proscribed organisation, ora proscribed organisation was otherwise involved with, or assisted in, the attempt.(6) Condition 4 is that the offence or any of the offences was committed to any extent (whether directly or indirectly) as a result of, in connection with or in response to religious or political hostility of one person or group of persons towards another person or group of persons.the proceedings are taken in Northern Ireland only by virtue of section 28 of the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008, andit appears to the Director that the only condition that is met is condition 4.religious belief or political opinion,supposed religious belief or political opinion, orthe absence or supposed absence of any, or any particular, religious belief or political opinion.(8) In subsection (6) the references to persons and groups of persons need not include a reference to the defendant or to any victim of the offence or offences.A is the spouse or a former spouse of B,A is the civil partner or a former civil partner of B,

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