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(1) This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Reviews of Sentencing) Order (Northern Ireland) 2011 and shall come into operation on 1 February 2012.
(2) “The 1988 Act” means the Criminal Justice Act 1988.
2 
Part 4 of the 1988 Act (reviews of sentencing) shall apply to any case of a description specified in the Schedule.
3 
The following articles of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Reviews of Sentencing) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 are revoked:
(a) Article 2(a)(i) (offences under section 16 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861 (threats to kill));
(b) Article 2(a)(ii) (offences under section 52 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861 (indecent assault upon a female)); and
(c) Article 2(a)(iv) (offences under section 20 of the Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland) 1968 (cruelty to persons under sixteen)).
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Justice on 13 December 2011.
David Ford
Minister of Justice

SCHEDULE
Article 2
1 
To the extent that Part 4 of the 1988 Act does not apply by virtue of section 35(3)(b)(i) any case in which sentence is passed on a person for an offence under one of the following articles of the Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008:
(a) Article 7 (sexual assault);
(b) Article 8 (causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent);
(c) Article 14 (sexual assault of a child under 13);
(d) Article 15 (causing or inciting a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity);
(e) Article 16 (sexual activity with a child);
(f) Article 17 (causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity);
(g) Article 18 (engaging in a sexual activity in the presence of a child);
(h) Article 19 (causing a child to watch a sexual act);
(i) Article 21 (arranging or facilitating commission of a child sex offence);
(j) Article 22 (meeting a child following sexual grooming etc.);
(k) Article 32 (sexual activity with a child family member);
(l) Article 37 (paying for sexual services of a child);
(m) Article 38 (causing or inciting child prostitution or pornography);
(n) Article 39 (controlling a child prostitute or a child involved in pornography);
(o) Article 40 (arranging or facilitating child prostitution or pornography);
(p) Article 62 (causing or inciting prostitution for gain);
(q) Article 65 (administering a substance with intent).
2 
An offence described in paragraph 1 includes:
(a) an offence of attempting to commit any of the offences described in paragraph 1; or
(b) an offence under Part 2 of the Serious Crime Act 2007 (encouraging or assisting crime) in relation to which an offence in paragraph 1 is the offence (or one of the offences) which the person intended or believed would be committed.