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Police (Amendment) (1995 Order) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996

S.R. 1996/316 · Made 23 July 1996

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POLICE

Made 23rd July 1996

In exercise of the powers conferred on me by Article 1(2) and 1(3) of the Police (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1995f1, (“the 1995 Order”) I hereby make the following Order:—

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Footnotes

f1

S.I. 1995/2993 (N.I. 17)

Contents

  1. 1Citation
  2. 2Appointed day
  3. 3Transitional provisions
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation

This Order may be cited as the Police (Amendment) (1995 Order) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996.

2Appointed day

The day appointed for the coming into operation of Part II of the 1995 Order shall be 29th July 1996.

3Transitional provisions

(1)

Article 3 of the 1995 Order shall apply to persons taken to a police station from a custodial establishment in pursuance of a direction under section 16 of the Prison Act (Northern Ireland) 1953f1, notwithstanding that the direction was made before the appointed day.

(2)

Article 4 of the 1995 Order shall apply notwithstanding that the person was unlawfully at large before the appointed day.

Signature

P. B. B. Mayhew

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

Northern Ireland Office

23rd July 1996

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order.)

This Order appoints 29th July 1996 as the day on which Part II of the Police (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 will come into operation, subject to the transitional provisions in Article 3 of the Order.