Renewed applications for leave to appeal by two applicants who were convicted, following pleas of guilty, of offences of false accounting. They challenged the use of the Commencement order for the 2002 Act as it applied to offences coming into force after the partial commission of continuing unlawful benefits claims.
Morgan LCJ, Coghlin LJ and Gillen LJ
[2015] NICA 31
Bailii
Theft Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 17(1)(a), Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Commencement No.5, Transitional Provisions, Savings and Amendment) Order 2003
Northern Ireland
Cited by:
Appeal from – McCool, Regina v SC 2-May-2018
The appellants complained that the recovery order made against them in part under the transitional provisions were unlawful. They had claimed benefits as single people but were married to each other and for a house not occupied. The difficulty was . .
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Criminal Sentencing
Updated: 01 January 2022; Ref: scu.549371
