The Magistrates’ Courts (Sexual Offences Act 2003) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2010
These Rules amend the Magistrates’ Courts (Sexual Offences Act 2003) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2004 (S.R. 2004 No.203) to make a minor amendment to Rule 8(2), and to substitute new Forms 7 (Summons on foot of complaint for foreign travel order) and 8 (Foreign Travel Order) in consequence of amendments to the Sexual Offences Act 2003 made by the Policing and Crime Act 2009 (“the 2009 Act”). The new Forms refer to the requirement under the 2009 Act for a person who is subject to a foreign travel order prohibiting travel to any country outside the UK to surrender his or her passport(s) to the police station within the time limit specified in the order; and reflect that a foreign travel order may now be imposed for a period of up to 5 years.