The Standing Civilian Courts (Amendment No. 2) Order 1987

• Citation: S.I. 1987/2173
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation and Commencement

This Order may be cited as the Standing Civilian Courts (Amendment No. 2) Order 1987 and shall come into force on 1st January 1988.

Section 2 Amendment

The Standing Civilian Courts (Amendment) Order 1987 shall take effect as if for article 3(3) there were substituted:

(3) For article 49(2)(a)(ii) there shall be substituted the following:—

(ii) subject to paragraph (3) below, any previous convictions of his by a civil court, court-martial or a Standing Civilian Court, including a conviction by a Standing Civilian Court in respect of which the award of sentence has been deferred under paragraph 2A of Schedule 5A to the Act of 1955, except, in the case of an accused who has attained 21 years of age, any conviction before he had attained 14 years of age;