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The Lay Visitors' Reports Order 2005

S.R. 2005/420 · Made 7 September 2005

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POLICE

Made 7th September 2005

Laid before Parliament 9th September 2005

Coming into operation 1st October 2005

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 73(3)(c) of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000f1, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2000 c. 32.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Lay Visitors' Reports
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Lay Visitors' Reports Order 2005, and shall come into operation on 1st October 2005.

2Lay Visitors' Reports

The Northern Ireland Policing Board shall require the report by a lay visitor specified in section 73(2) of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 to deal with the conduct of interviews with detainees.

Signature

Shaun Woodward

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Northern Ireland Office

7th September 2005

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

The Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 (c. 32) requires lay visitors to attend designated police stations and to report to the Northern Ireland Policing Board about the visit. Section 73(3)(c) empowers the Secretary of State to require such reports to deal with such matters as he may specify. This Order requires the report to deal with the conduct of interviews with detainees.