s 1 Title and commencement
(1) This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008. (2) The following provisions come into operation one week after the day on which this Order is made— (a) this Part; and (b) Articles 100 and 101. (3) The following provisions come into operation one month after the day on which this Order is made— (a) Articles 84 to 86, 88, 89 and 93 to 99; and (b) Part 2 of Schedule 6, and Article 102(2) so far as relating thereto. (4) The other provisions of this Order come into operation on such day or days as the Secretary of State may by order appoint. (5) Any provision of Part 4 or 5 which alters any penalty for an offence has effect only in relation to offences committed after the coming into operation of that provision.