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Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning Act 1997

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4 Amnesty.U.K.

(1)No proceedings shall be brought for an offence listed in the Schedule to this Act in respect of anything done in accordance with a decommissioning scheme.

(2)The Secretary of State may by order add any offence or description of offence to, or remove any offence or description of offence from, the list in the Schedule to this Act.

(3)An order under subsection (2)—

(a)shall be made by statutory instrument, and

(b)may include such transitional provisions as appear to the Secretary of State to be expedient.

(4)No order shall be made under subsection (2) unless a draft has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, each House of Parliament.

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