Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order appoints 29th July 1996 as the date on which two revised codes of practice made under section 61 of the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1991 will come into operation, superseding codes of practice which have been in operation since 1st January 1994.
The revised codes of practice are:—
(a)
a code of practice for the detention, treatment and questioning of persons detained under the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989;
(b)
a code of practice for the identification of persons detained under that Act.
The codes of practice are published by Her Majesty’s Stationery Office; copies may be obtained from HMSO bookshops.