The Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1978 (Amendment) Order 1989

• Citation: S.I. 1989/1501
• Sections: 2

Section 1

This Order may be cited as the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1978 (Amendment) Order 1989 and shall come into force on 24th August 1989.

Section 2

Part I of Schedule 4 to the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1978 (scheduled offences for the purposes of the Act) shall be amended as follows:

(a) after paragraph 12, there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

(12A) Offences under section 20 of that Act (blackmail), subject to notes 2 and 2A below

(b) in note 2, in paragraph (cc), the words “(subject to note 5 below)” shall be omitted; and

(c) after note 2, there shall be inserted—

(2A) On the coming into force of the amendments of this Schedule made by section 4(3) of the Nuclear Material (Offences) Act 1983—

(a) paragraph 12A shall cease to have effect; and

(b) in paragraph (cc) of note 2, after “1969” there shall be inserted the words “(subject to note 5 below)”.