Schedule 6—Minor and consequential amendments
Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37)
38 (1) The Crime and Disorder Act 1998 is amended as follows.
(2) Omit sections 2, 2A, 2B and 3 (sex offender orders and interim orders).
(3) In section 4 (appeals against orders)—
- (a) in subsection (1), omit “a sex offender order or an order under section 2A above”, and
- (b) in subsection (3), omit “or 2(6) above”.
(4) Omit section 20.
(5) In section 21 (procedural provisions with respect to orders)—
- (a) omit subsection (2);
- (b) in subsection (4)—
- (i) omit “or (2)”; and
- (ii) for “either of those subsections” substitute “that subsection”;
- (c) in subsection (5), omit “or 20”;
- (d) in subsection (6), omit “and sex offender orders” and “or 20(4)(a)”;
- (e) in subsection (7)(b)(i), omit “or, as the case may be, chief constable”;
- (f) omit subsections (7A) and (7B); and
- (g) in subsection (10), omit “or 20”.
(6) Omit section 21A.
(7) In section 22 (offences in connection with breach of orders), omit subsections (6) and (7).
(8) In Schedule 8 (minor and consequential amendments), omit paragraph 144.
Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1504 (N.I. 9))
39 In paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998—
- (a) omit sub-paragraphs (c), (e) and (j);
- (b) after sub-paragraph (l) insert—
- “(m) Section 69 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003.”
Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/2839 (N.I. 20))
40 In the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1998, omit Articles 6, 6A, 6B and 7.
Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 (c. 23)
41 (1) The Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 35 (cross examination of child witnesses), in subsection (3)(a), after sub-paragraph (v) insert “or
- (vi) Part 1 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003;”.
(3) In section 62 (meaning of “sexual offence” etc.), for subsection (1) substitute—
- “(1) In this Part “sexual offence” means any offence under Part 1 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003.”
