Paragraph 4
United Kingdom
The following matters—
the criminal law, including the creation of offences and penalties;
the prevention and detection of crime and powers of arrest and detention in connection with crime or criminal proceedings;
prosecutions;
the treatment of offenders (including children and young persons, and mental health patients, involved in crime);
the surrender of fugitive offenders between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland;
compensation out of public funds for victims of crime.
Sub-paragraph (d) of this paragraph includes, in particular, prisons and other institutions for the treatment or detention of persons mentioned in that sub-paragraph.
Notes on Schedule 3
Textual amendments
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Sch. 3 repealed (2.12.1999) by 1998 c. 47, s. 100(2), Sch. 15; S.I. 1999/3209, art. 2, Sch.