Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations consolidate, without amendment, the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Regulations 1978 (“the 1978 Regulations”) which are set out in Schedule 3 to the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1978 (c. 5). The 1978 Regulations are, by virtue of subsection (3) of section 27 of that Act, deemed to have been made under that section and were amended by the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 1989 (S.I. 1989/510).
These Regulations come into force on 1st August 1991.