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Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) (Amendment) Act 1975

1975 c. 62 · Enacted 7 August 1975 · Extends to Northern Ireland

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An Act to amend the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1973; to make further provision with respect to criminal proceedings, the maintenance of order and the detection of crime in Northern Ireland; to provide for the detention of terrorists there; and for connected purposes.

[7th August 1975]C1

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“The principal Act" means the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1973 (c. 53)

Contents

  1. Trial of certain offences, etc.
  2. 1Admissibility of written statements made outside Northern Ireland.
  3. 2—5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  4. 6Section 6
  5. 7Repeal of s.5 of principal Act.
  6. 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  7. Powers of detention, search, seizure, etc.
  8. 9Detention of terrorists, etc.
  9. 10, 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  10. Offences against public security and public order
  11. 12, 13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  12. 14Riotous and disorderly behaviour.
  13. 15—19. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  14. Miscellaneous and general
  15. 20Interpretation, etc.
  16. 21, 22. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  17. 23†Short title, repeals and extent.
  18. Schedule 1
  19. IPart I
  20. Part II: Transitional Provisions
  21. 16Paragraph 16
  22. Schedule S 2, 3Schedule S 2, 3

1Admissibility of written statements made outside Northern Ireland.

(1)

Section 1 of the M1Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 1968 (admissibility of written statements in criminal proceedings other than preliminary investigations and preliminary enquiries), section 3 of the M2Criminal Procedure (Committal for Trial) Act (Northern Ireland) 1968 (admissibility of written statements in preliminary enquiries) . . . F1 shall apply to written statements made in Great Britain as well as to written statements made in Northern Ireland.

(2)

The said section 3 shall apply also to written statements made outside the United Kingdom and (after the commencement of section 9 of the M3Criminal Jurisdiction Act 1975) the Republic of Ireland, but, in relation to such statements, that section shall have effect with the omission of subsection (2)(c).

2—5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F1

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(1)

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(2)
(a)

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in paragraph 2(3) of Schedule 2 to the Criminal Jurisdiction Act 1975 for the words from “on that date" onwards there shall be substituted the words “on that date any committal for trial of the offence by a county court or by a court of assize other than the Belfast City Commission shall be treated as a committal to that Commission".

(3)

This section shall not apply to a trial on indictment where the accused was committed to the Belfast Recorder’s Court before the commencement of this Act.

7Repeal of s.5 of principal Act.C1

Section 5 of the principal Act (admissibility in certain circumstances in criminal proceedings for scheduled offences of written statements made and signed in the presence of a constable) shall cease to have effect and section 30(6) of that Act shall apply accordingly.

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9Detention of terrorists, etc.

(1)

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(2)

The transitional provisions set out in Part II of Schedule 1 to this Act shall have effect.

(3)

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10, 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F1

12, 13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F1

14Riotous and disorderly behaviour.

. . . F1 section 9(1) of the M1Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 1968 shall have effect as originally enacted.

15—19. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F1

20Interpretation, etc.

(1)

In this Act “the principal Act” has the meaning assigned by section 3 above and any expression used in this Act and in the principal Act shall have the same meaning in this Act as in that Act.

(2)

Any reference in this Act, except so far as the context otherwise requires, to an enactment shall be construed as a reference to that enactment as amended, applied or extended by or under any other enactment, including this Act.

(3)

It is hereby declared that, in applying section 38(1) of the M1Interpretation Act 1889 (effect of repeal and re–enactment) for the construction of references in this Act to other Acts, account is to be taken of repeal and re–enactment by a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly or an Order in Council.

21, 22. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F1

23†Short title, repeals and extent.C1

(1)

This Act may be cited as the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) (Amendment) Act 1975.

(2)

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(3)

This Act shall extend to Northern Ireland only.

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(1)

Any interim custody order or detention order made under Schedule 1 to the principal Act which is in force immediately before the commencement of this Act shall have effect as if it had been made under paragraph 4 or paragraph 8 above, as the case may be, and, in the case of an interim custody order, as if it had been so made immediately upon the commencement of this Act.

(2)

Any statement served under paragraph 13 of Schedule 1 to the principal Act shall have effect as if it had been served under paragraph 6 above immediately upon the commencement of this Act.

(3)

Any proceedings under Part III of Schedule 1 to the principal Act which have begun but are not completed before the commencement of this Act shall be continued as if this Act had not been passed.

(4)

In so far as any other thing made or done under Schedule 1 to the principal Act could have been made or done under any provision of Part I of this Schedule, it shall have effect as if it had been made or done under that provision.

Schedule S 2, 3F1

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