# The Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1978 (Amendment) Order 1989, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order adds to the list of scheduled offences in Schedule 4 to the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1978 (which are not to be treated as scheduled offences if the Attorney General for Northern Ireland so certifies in any particular case) the offence of blackmail. The Order comes into force on 24th August 1989.
(Blackmail, but only where nuclear material is involved, was added to the list of scheduled offences by section 4(3) of the Nuclear Material (Offences) Act 1983 (c. 18); however, this provision has not been brought into force and the further amendments to Schedule 4 to the 1978 Act made by paragraph 8 of Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1987 (c. 30) (the purpose of which is to remove that restriction, but which are dependent upon the amendments made by the 1983 Act being in force) are in consequence without practical effect.)

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1501/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-emergency-provisions-act-1978-amendment-order-1989/note
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