Introductory text

in pursuance of subsection (4)(a) of section 4 of the Public Processions (Northern Ireland) Act 1998^f1 (“the 1998 Act”) the Parades Commission for Northern Ireland (“the Commission”) is required to keep under review a set of rules (“the procedural rules”) which regulate and prescribe the practice and procedure to be followed by the Commission in exercising the functions mentioned in section 2(2) of the 1998 Act and by other persons or bodies in their dealings with the Commission in connection with the exercise of those functions;

in pursuance of subsection 4(b) of that section the Commission may from time to time revise the whole or any part of the procedural rules and issue the revised procedural rules;

in pursuance of paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 to the 1998 Act the Commission has prepared and published a draft of revised procedural rules, has considered representations made to it about the draft, and has modified the draft accordingly;

in pursuance of paragraphs 6 and 7 of Schedule 2 to the 1998 Act the Commission has sent the draft of the revised procedural rules to the Secretary of State who has laid the draft before each House of Parliament: