The Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1996 (Amendment) Order 1999

Made: 3rd March 1999

Laid before Parliament: 3rd March 1999

Coming into force: 4th March 1999

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred upon me by section 30(3) of the said Act of 1996, I hereby make the following Order:

1

This Order may be cited as the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1996 (Amendment) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 4th March 1999.

2

The following organisations, that is to say—

• The organisation using the name “The Orange Volunteers” and being the organisation in whose name a statement described as a press release was published on 14th October 1998

; and

• The Red Hand Defenders

Signed

Marjorie Mowlam — One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Northern Ireland Office — 3rd March 1999

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order adds two organisations to the list of proscribed organisations contained in Schedule 2 to the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1996, with effect from 4th March 1999. The organisations are The Red Hand Defenders, and the organisation using the name “The Orange Volunteers” and being the organisation in whose name a statement described as a press release was published on 14th October 1998. A copy of such a statement has been placed in the Libraries of both Houses of Parliament.

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