The Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Acts 1978 and 1987 (Continuance) Order 1989

Made: 16th March 1989

Coming into force: 22nd March 1989

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred upon me by section 33(3)(a) of the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1978[^f00001] and section 26(4)(a) of the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1987[^f00002], I hereby make the following Order:

1

This Order may be cited as the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Acts 1978 and 1987 (Continuance) Order 1989 and shall come into force on 22nd March 1989.

2

In this Order—

• (a) “the temporary provisions of the 1978 Act”[^f00003] means all the provisions of the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1978, except sections 5 and 28 to 36, Part III of Schedule 4, Schedules 5 and 6 and, so far as they relate to offences which are scheduled offences by virtue of the said Part III, sections 2, 6 and 7; and

• (b) “the temporary provisions of the 1987 Act” means Parts II and III of the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1987.

3

The temporary provisions of the 1978 Act except section 12, Schedule 1 andsection 24, and the temporary provisions of the 1987 Act, shall continue in force for a period of twelve months beginning with 22nd March 1989.

Signed

Northern Ireland Office

Tom King — One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State — 16th March 1989

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Apart from this Order, the temporary provisions of the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Acts 1978 and 1987 would expire with 21st March 1989. They are currently in force by virtue of the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Acts 1978 and 1987 (Continuance) Order 1988 (S.I. 1988/426). This Order continues in force the temporary provisions of the 1978 and 1987 Acts for a period of twelve months beginning with22nd March 1989, except for certain provisions of the 1978 Act. These are section 12 and Schedule 1 (which relate to the detention of terrorists) and section 24 (which makes it an offence to fail to disperse when required to do so by a commissioned officer of HM forces or an officer not below the rank of Chief Inspector of the Royal Ulster Constabulary).

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1978 c. 5. Section 33 is amended by section 13 of the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1987.

[^f00002]: 1987 c. 30.

[^f00003]: Some of the temporary provisions of the 1978 Act are amended by Part I and section 25 of 1987 c. 30.