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NORTHERN IRELAND

Made 28th June 1996

Laid before Parliament 5th July 1996

Coming into force 29th July 1996

Whereas—

(1)

in pursuance of section 61 of the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1991^f1 (hereinafter referred to as “the 1991 Act”) the Secretary of State issued codes of practice^f2 in connection with the detention, treatment, questioning and identification of persons detained under the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989^f3, and may in pursuance of subsection (5) of that section revise the whole or any part of such a code of practice:

(2)

in pursuance of section 61(2) of the 1991 Act the Secretary of State has prepared and published draft revised codes of practice in connection with those matters and has considered representations made to him about them and modified them accordingly:

(3)

in pursuance of section 61(3) of the 1991 Act the Secretary of State has laid drafts of the revised codes of practice before both Houses of Parliament:

Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 61(3) of the 1991 Act, hereby makes the following Order:

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Footnotes

f1: 1991 c. 24.
f2: The codes of practice were brought into operation by S.I. 1993/2788.
f3: 1989 c. 4.