Schedule 11, paragraph 31(16)

In Article 55 after paragraph (6) insert— Proceedings for an offence are instituted— when a summons or warrant is issued under Article 20 of the Magistrates’ Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 in respect of the offence; when a person is charged with the offence after being taken into custody without a warrant; when an indictment is preferred under section 2(2)(c), (e) or (f) of the Grand Jury (Abolition) Act (Northern Ireland) 1969. Where the application of paragraph (6A) would result in there being more than one time for the institution of proceedings they must be taken to have been instituted at the earliest of those times.

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-09-04