The Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1991 (Codes of Practice) (No. 2) Order 1993

• Citation: S.I. 1993/2788
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation and Commencement

This Order may be cited as the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1991 (Codes of Practice) (No.2) Order 1993 and shall come into force on 1st January 1994.

Section 2 Codes of Practice

The codes of practice laid in draft before Parliament on 27th October 1993 in connection with the detention, treatment, questioning and identification of persons detained under the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989 shall come into operation on 1st January 1994, subject to article 3 of this Order.

Section 3 Transitional provisions

(1) The code of practice for the detention, treatment and questioning of persons detained under the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989 shall apply as follows—

(a) sections 2, 3, 4, 8, 9 and 15 shall apply to persons who are in such detention where the period of detention commenced after 31st December 1993; and

(b) the remaining provisions shall apply to persons in such detention after midnight on 31st December 1993, notwithstanding that their period of detention may have commenced before that time.

(2) The code of practice for the identification of persons detained under the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989 shall apply to any procedures to which the code relates which are carried out after 31st December 1993.