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The Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998 (Specified Organisations) Order 1998

S.I. 1998/1882 · Made 30 July 1998

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PRISONS

Made 30th July 1998

Coming into force 31st July 1998

Whereas I believe that the organisations mentioned in the Schedule are concerned in terrorism connected with the affairs of Northern Ireland, or in promoting or encouraging it, and that they have not established or are not maintaining a complete and unequivocal ceasefire:

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred upon me by section 3(8) of the Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998f1 (“the Act”) I hereby make the following Order, a draft of which has been laid before Parliament in accordance with section 19(2) of that Act and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1998 c. 35.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Specified organisations
  3. Signature
  4. Schedule Schedule
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998 (Specified Organisations) Order 1998 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

2Specified organisations

The organisations specified in the Schedule to this Order are specified organisations for the purposes of the Act.

Signature

Marjorie Mowlam

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

Northern Ireland Office

30th July 1998

  • The Continuity Irish Republican Army.

  • The Loyalist Volunteer Force.

  • The Irish National Liberation Army.

  • The “Real” Irish Republican Army.

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order specifies those organisations which the Secretary of State believes are concerned in terrorism connected with the affairs of Northern Ireland, or in promoting or encouraging it, and have not established or are not maintaining a complete and unequivocal cease-fire. The organisations mentioned in the Schedule are specified organisations for the purposes of the Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998 (c. 35), which makes provision about the release on licence of certain prisoners serving sentences of imprisonment in Northern Ireland. The effect of specifying an organisation is that a prisoner who is, or who would be likely to become, a supporter of such an organisation is ineligible for release under the Act or, if he has been released under the Act, is liable to be recalled to prison.