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Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) (Amendment) Act 1975 (c.62)

This version of this statute is extracted from the UK Statute Law Database (SLD). It is not necessarily in the form in which it was originally enacted but is a revised version, which means that any subsequent amendments to the text and other effects are incorporated with annotations.

Annotations:

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

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“The principal Act" means the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1973 (c. 53)

Trial of certain offences, etc

1 Admissibility of written statements made outside Northern Ireland

(1)Section 1 of the M1Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 1968 (admissibility of written statements in criminal proceedings other than preliminary investigations and preliminary enquiries), section 3 of the M2Criminal Procedure (Committal for Trial) Act (Northern Ireland) 1968 (admissibility of written statements in preliminary enquiries) . . . F1 shall apply to written statements made in Great Britain as well as to written statements made in Northern Ireland.

(2)The said section 3 shall apply also to written statements made outside the United Kingdom and (after the commencement of section 9 of the M3Criminal Jurisdiction Act 1975) the Republic of Ireland, but, in relation to such statements, that section shall have effect with the omission of subsection (2)(c).

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Amendments (Textual)

F1Words repealed by S.I. 1979/1714, Sch. 2

Marginal Citations

M11968 c. 28 (N.I.)

M21968 c. 32 (N.I.)

M31975 c. 59.

2—5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1

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Amendments (Textual)

F1Ss. 2–5, 6(1)(2)(a) repealed by Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1978 (c. 5), Sch. 6 Pt. 1

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(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1

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(b)in paragraph 2(3) of Schedule 2 to the Criminal Jurisdiction Act 1975 for the words from “on that date" onwards there shall be substituted the words “on that date any committal for trial of the offence by a county court or by a court of assize other than the Belfast City Commission shall be treated as a committal to that Commission".

(3)This section shall not apply to a trial on indictment where the accused was committed to the Belfast Recorder’s Court before the commencement of this Act.

Annotations:

Amendments (Textual)

F1Ss. 2–5, 6(1)(2)(a) repealed by Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1978 (c. 5), Sch. 6 Pt. 1

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1The text of Ss. 6(2)(b)(3), 7 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

7 Repeal of s.5 of principal Act

Section 5 of the principal Act (admissibility in certain circumstances in criminal proceedings for scheduled offences of written statements made and signed in the presence of a constable) shall cease to have effect and section 30(6) of that Act shall apply accordingly.

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Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1The text of Ss. 6(2)(b)(3), 7 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1

Annotations:

Amendments (Textual)

F1Ss. 8, 9(1)(3), 10–13, 15–19, 21–23(2), Sch. 1 Pt. 1, Schs. 2, 3 repealed by Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1978 (c. 5), Sch. 6 Pt. 1

Powers of detention, search, seizure, etc

9 Detention of terrorists, etc

(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1

(2)The transitional provisions set out in Part II of Schedule 1 to this Act shall have effect.

(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1

Annotations:

Amendments (Textual)

F1Ss. 8, 9(1)(3), 10–13, 15–19, 21–23(2), Sch. 1 Pt. 1, Schs. 2, 3 repealed by Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1978 (c. 5), Sch. 6 Pt. 1

10, 11.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1

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Amendments (Textual)

F1Ss. 8, 9(1)(3), 10–13, 15–19, 21–23(2), Sch. 1 Pt. 1, Schs. 2, 3 repealed by Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1978 (c. 5), Sch. 6 Pt. 1

Offences against public security and public order

12, 13.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1

Annotations:

Amendments (Textual)

F1Ss. 8, 9(1)(3), 10–13, 15–19, 21–23(2), Sch. 1 Pt. 1, Schs. 2, 3 repealed by Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1978 (c. 5), Sch. 6 Pt. 1

14 Riotous and disorderly behaviour

. . . F1 section 9(1) of the M1Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 1968 shall have effect as originally enacted.

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Amendments (Textual)

F1Words repealed by Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1978 (c. 5), Sch. 6 Pt. I

Marginal Citations

M11968 c. 28 (N.I)

15—19.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1

Annotations:

Amendments (Textual)

F1Ss. 8, 9(1)(3), 10–13, 15–19, 21–23(2), Sch. 1 Pt. 1, Schs. 2, 3 repealed by Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1978 (c. 5), Sch. 6 Pt. 1

Miscellaneous and general

20 Interpretation, etc

(1)In this Act “the principal Act" has the meaning assigned by section 3 above and any expression used in this Act and in the principal Act shall have the same meaning in this Act as in that Act.

(2)Any reference in this Act, except so far as the context otherwise requires, to an enactment shall be construed as a reference to that enactment as amended, applied or extended by or under any other enactment, including this Act.

(3)It is hereby declared that, in applying section 38(1) of the M1Interpretation Act 1889 (effect of repeal and re–enactment) for the construction of references in this Act to other Acts, account is to be taken of repeal and re–enactment by a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly or an Order in Council.

Annotations:

Marginal Citations

M11889 c. 63.

21, 22.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1

Annotations:

Amendments (Textual)

F1Ss. 8, 9(1)(3), 10–13, 15–19, 21–23(2), Sch. 1 Pt. 1, Schs. 2, 3 repealed by Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1978 (c. 5), Sch. 6 Pt. 1

23†Short title, repeals and extent

(1)This Act may be cited as the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) (Amendment) Act 1975.

(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1

(3)This Act shall extend to Northern Ireland only.

Annotations:

Amendments (Textual)

F1Ss. 8, 9(1)(3), 10–13, 15–19, 21–23(2), Sch. 1 Pt. 1, Schs. 2, 3 repealed by Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1978 (c. 5), Sch. 6 Pt. 1

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Unreliable marginal note