
1 

(1) This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice (No. 2) (Northern Ireland) Order 2003.
(2) This Order shall come into operation on 29th January 2004.
2 
The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 (c. 33) applies to this Order as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.
3 
In Article 26(2) of the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (NI 12) (list of offences to which powers of summary arrest apply) after sub-paragraph (l) insert—“
(m) an offence under section 5(2) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (c. 38) (having possession of a controlled drug) in respect of cannabis or cannabis resin (within the meaning of that Act).”.
A. K. Galloway
Clerk of the Privy Council
