The Public Processions (Northern Ireland) Act 1998 (Notice of Processions) (Exceptions) Order 1998

Made: 1st April 1998

Laid before Parliament: 6th April 1998

Coming into force: 1st May 1998

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by section 6(5)(b) of the Public Processions (Northern Ireland) Act 1998¹ hereby makes the following Order:—

Citation and commencement

1

This Order may be cited as the Public Processions (Northern Ireland) Act 1998 (Notice of Processions) (Exceptions) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st May 1998.

Revocation

2

The Public Order (Exceptions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1998², which was made by the Secretary of State on 24th February 1998, is hereby revoked.

Advance notice of public processions

3

Section 6 of the Public Processions (Northern Ireland) Act 1998 (advance notice of public processions) does not apply to any public procession to be organised by the Salvation Army along a route customarily followed by them.

Signed

Marjorie Mowlam — One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State — 1st April 1998

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order provides that the requirement in section 6 of the Public Processions (Northern Ireland) Act 1998 to give advance notice of a public procession does not apply to any public procession to be organised by the Salvation Army along a route customarily followed by them.

The Order also revokes the Public Order (Exceptions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1998 (S.I. 1998/583) which was made by the Secretary of State on 24th February 1998.

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