S.I. 1981/1675 (N.I. 26).

1975 c. 59.

S. 67(3)(4) repealed (19.2.2006) by Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Act 2006 (c. 4), s. 5(2)(3), Sch.

S.I. 1981/228 (N.I. 8).

Words in s. 69(2)(a) repealed (28.7.2003) by The Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1247 (N.I. 13)), art. 36(2), Sch. 2; S.R. 2003/352, art. 2

S.I. 1981/1675 (N.I. 26).

S. 70 repealed (19.2.2006) by Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Act 2006 (c. 4), s. 5(2)(3), Sch.

S. 71 repealed (19.2.2006) by Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Act 2006 (c. 4), s. 5(2)(3), Sch.

S. 72(7) inserted (18.4.2005) by The Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/1500 (N.I. 9)), art. 29(2); S.R. 2005/243, art. 2

S.I. 1986/595 (N.I. 4).

S.I. 1981/1675 (N.I. 26).

1978 c. 23.

S.I. 1981/1675 (N.I. 26).

S.I. 1981/1675 (N.I. 26).

Words in s. 74(1) inserted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), s. 15(1), Sch. 4 Pt. 1 para. 288(2)(a); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(1), Sch. 1

Words in s. 74(1)(a) repealed (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15(1), 146, Sch. 4 Pt. 1 para. 288(2)(b), Sch. 18 Pt. 2; S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(1), Sch. 1

Words in s. 74(1)(b) repealed (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15(1), 146, Sch. 4 Pt. 1 para. 288(2)(c), Sch. 18 Pt. 2; S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(1), Sch. 1

S. 74(1A) inserted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), s. 15(1), Sch. 4 Pt. 1 para. 288(3); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(1), Sch. 1

1978 c. 23.

1945 c. 16(N.I.).

1980 c. 47.

S. 76 repealed (19.2.2006) by Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Act 2006 (c. 4), s. 5(2)(3), Sch.

1883 c. 3.

1969 c. 29 (N.I.).

Entry in s. 77(3) substituted (1.2.2005) by The Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/702 (N.I. 3)), art. 82(1), Sch. 7 para. 23; S.R. 2005/4, art. 3

S. 78 repealed (19.2.2006) by Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Act 2006 (c. 4), s. 5(2)(3), Sch.

1953 c.18 (N.I.)

1996 c. 22.

1991 c. 24.

1978 c. 5.

1989 c. 4.

S.I. 1998/1504 (N.I. 9).

1953 c. 18 (N.I.).

1968 c. 29 (N.I.).

1953 c. 18 (N.I.).

1968 c. 29 (N.I.).

1955 c. 18.

1955 c. 19.

1957 c. 53.

1996 c. 22.

1991 c. 24.

1978 c. 5.

1989 c. 4.

S. 82(3): powers of seizure extended (1.4.2003) by 2001 c. 16, ss. 50, 52-54, 68, Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 70; S.I. 2003/708, art. 2

1998 c. 42.

1875 c. 17.

S.I. 1989/1341 (N.I. 12).

S. 93: power to continue conferred (19.2.2006) by Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Act 2006 (c. 4), ss. {4(2)(d)}, 5(3)

S. 97 repealed (19.2.2006) by Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Act 2006 (c. 4), s. 5(2)(3), Sch.

S. 100 repealed (19.2.2006) by Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Act 2006 (c. 4), s. 5(2)(3), Sch.

S. 101 wholly in force at 19.2.2001; s. 101 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 128; s. 101(1)-(5) in force at 12.10.2000 by S.I. 2000/2800, art. 2(b); s. 101(6)-(9) in force at 19.2.2001 by S.I. 2001/421, art. 2

Words in s. 101(1) repealed (19.2.2006) by Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Act 2006 (c. 4), s. 5(2)(3), Sch.

S. 101(5A) inserted (8.4.2003) by Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2003 (c. 6), s. 32(1), Sch. 3 para. 8(2)

1955 c. 18.

1955 c. 19.

1957 c. 53.

S. 101(7A) inserted (8.4.2003) by Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2003 (c. 6), s. 32(1), Sch. 3 para. 8(3)

1955 c. 18.

1955 c. 19.

1957 c. 53.

Words in s. 101(9) repealed (28.2.2002) by 2001 c. 19, s. 38, Sch. 7 Pt. 1; S.I. 2002/345, art. 2 (with art. 3)

Words in s. 103(2)(e) substituted (14.7.2004) by Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2004 (c. 4), s. 14; S.R. 2004/267, art. 2

1998 c. 35.

1996 c. 16.

1967 c. 77.

S. 112(1)(2(a)(4) repealed (19.2.2006) by Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Act 2006 (c. 4), s. 5(2)(3), Sch.

S. 112(2)(c): power to amend conferred (19.2.2006) by Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Act 2006 (c. 4), ss. {1(6)(a)}, 5(3)

S. 112(2)(c) restricted (19.2.2006) by Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Act 2006 (c. 4), ss. {2(1)(a)}, 5(3)

Words in s. 112(2)(c) inserted (19.2.2006) by Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Act 2006 (c. 4), ss. {1(4)}, 5(3)

S. 112(5) substituted (19.2.2006) by Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Act 2006 (c. 4), ss. {2(3)}, 5(3)

S. 113: power to continue conferred (19.2.2006) by Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Act 2006 (c. 4), ss. {4(2)(g)}, 5(3)

Pt. VII (ss. 65-113): for the duration of Pt. VII see ss. 112, 113 by virtue of 2000 c. 11, ss. 112(1)(4), 128

Pt. VII (ss. 65-113) continued ( temp. from 19.2.2002 until 18.2.2003) by S.I. 2002/365, art. 2

Pt. VII (ss. 65-113) continued (temp. from 19.2.2003 until 18.2.2004) by The Terrorism Act 2000 (Continuance of Part VII) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/427), art. 2

Pt. VII (ss. 65-113) continued (temp. from 19.2.2004 until 18.2.2005) by The Terrorism Act 2000 (Continuance of Part VII) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/431), art. 2

Pt. VII (ss. 65-113) continued (temp. from 19.2.2005 until 18.2.2006) by The Terrorism Act 2000 (Continuance of Part VII) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/350), art. 2

Pt. VII (except s. 78) continued (temp. from 19.2.2006 until 31.7.2007) by Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Act 2006 (c. 4), s. 1(1)(2)

Pt. VII: power to continue specified provisions conferred (19.2.2006) by Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Act 2006 (c. 4), ss. {1(3)}, 2(1)(2)

Pt. VII: saving (at the end of 31.7.2007 in accordance with art. 1(3)) for effect of Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Act 2006 (c. 6), s. 1(2)(b) with transitional provisions and savings in The Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Act 2006 (Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2259), arts. 3, 5, Sch.

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65 Scheduled offence: interpretation.1

In this Part “scheduled offence” means, subject to any relevant note in Part I or III of Schedule 9, an offence specified in either of those Parts.

2

Part II of that Schedule shall have effect in respect of offences related to those specified in Part I.

3

The Secretary of State may by order—

a

add an offence to Part I or II of Schedule 9;

b

remove an offence from Part I or II of that Schedule;

c

amend Part I or II of that Schedule in some other way.

66 Preliminary inquiry.1

In proceedings before a magistrates’ court for a scheduled offence, if the prosecution requests the court to conduct a preliminary inquiry into the offence the court shall grant the request.

2

In subsection (1) “preliminary inquiry” means a preliminary inquiry under the Magistrates’ Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981.

3

Subsection (1)—

a

shall apply notwithstanding anything in Article 31 of that Order,

b

shall not apply in respect of an offence where the court considers that in the interests of justice a preliminary investigation should be conducted into the offence under that Order, and

c

shall not apply in respect of an extra-territorial offence (as defined in section 1(3) of the Criminal Jurisdiction Act 1975)).

4

Where a person charged with a scheduled offence is also charged with a non-scheduled offence, the non-scheduled offence shall be treated as a scheduled offence for the purposes of this section.

67 Limitation of power to grant bail.1

This section applies to a person who—

a

has attained the age of fourteen, and

b

is charged with a scheduled offence which is neither being tried summarily nor certified by the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland as suitable for summary trial.

2

Subject to subsections (6) and (7), a person to whom this section applies shall not be admitted to bail except—

a

by a judge of the High Court or the Court of Appeal, or

b

by the judge of the court of trial on adjourning the trial of a person charged with a scheduled offence.

3

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4

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5

Without prejudice to any other power to impose conditions on admission to bail, a judge admitting a person to bail under this section may impose such conditions as he considers—

a

likely to result in the person’s appearance at the time and place required, or

b

necessary in the interests of justice or for the prevention of crime.

6

Subsection (7) applies where a person to whom this section applies is a serving member of—

a

any of Her Majesty’s forces, or

b

the Royal Ulster Constabulary or the Royal Ulster Constabulary Reserve.

7

Where this subsection applies to a person he may be admitted to bail on condition that he is held in military or police custody if the person granting bail is satisfied that suitable arrangements have been made; and—

a

bail on that condition may be granted by a judge or a resident magistrate, and

b

it shall be lawful for the person to be held in military or police custody in accordance with the conditions of his bail.

68 Bail: legal aid.1

Where it appears to a judge of the High Court or the Court of Appeal—

a

that a person charged with a scheduled offence intends to apply to be admitted to bail,

b

that it is desirable in the interests of justice that he should have legal aid, and

c

that he has not sufficient means to enable him to obtain that aid,

the judge may assign to him a solicitor and counsel, or counsel only, in the application for bail.

2

If on a question of granting a person free legal aid under this section there is a doubt—

a

whether his means are sufficient to enable him to obtain legal aid, or

b

whether it is desirable in the interests of justice that he should have free legal aid,

the doubt shall be resolved in favour of granting him free legal aid.

3

Articles 32, 36 and 40 of the Legal Aid, Advice and Assistance (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (statements, payments, rules and stamp duty) shall apply in relation to legal aid under this section as they apply in relation to legal aid under Part III of that Order as if legal aid under this section were given in pursuance of a criminal aid certificate under Article 29 of that Order.

69 Maximum period of remand in custody.1

The period for which a person charged with a scheduled offence may be remanded in custody by a magistrates’ court shall be a period of not more than 28 days beginning with the day following that on which he is remanded.

2

Subsection (1) has effect—

a

notwithstanding Article 47(2) . . . of the Magistrates’ Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981, and

b

whether or not a person is also charged with a non-scheduled offence.

70 Young persons: custody on remand, &c.

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71 Directions under section 70.

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72 Time limits for preliminary proceedings.1

The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision, in respect of a specified preliminary stage of proceedings for a scheduled offence, as to the maximum period—

a

to be allowed to the prosecution to complete the stage;

b

during which the accused may, while awaiting completion of the stage, be in the custody of a magistrates’ court or the Crown Court in relation to the offence.

2

The regulations may, in particular—

a

provide for a specified law about bail to apply in relation to cases to which custody or overall time limits apply (subject to any modifications which the Secretary of State considers it necessary to specify in the regulations);

b

provide for time limits to cease to have effect in cases where the Attorney General for Northern Ireland certifies after the institution of proceedings that an offence is not to be treated as a scheduled offence;

c

make such provision with respect to the procedure to be followed in criminal proceedings as the Secretary of State considers appropriate in consequence of another provision of the regulations;

d

make provision which has effect in relation to a non-scheduled offence where separate counts of an indictment allege a scheduled offence and a non-scheduled offence;

e

enable the Crown Court in specified circumstances to extend or further extend a time limit at any time before it expires.

3

Subject to subsection (4), where an overall time limit expires before the completion of the stage of proceedings to which the limit applies, the accused shall be treated for all purposes as having been acquitted of the offence to which the proceedings relate.

4

Regulations under this section which provide for a custody time limit in relation to a preliminary stage shall have no effect where—

a

a person escapes from the custody of a magistrates’ court or the Crown Court before the expiry of the custody time limit,

b

a person who has been released on bail in consequence of the expiry of a custody time limit fails to surrender himself into the custody of the court at the appointed time, or

c

a person who has been released on bail in consequence of the expiry of a custody time limit is arrested by a constable in connection with a breach or apprehended breach of a condition of his bail.

5

If a person escapes from the custody of a magistrates’ court or the Crown Court, the overall time limit which applies to the stage which proceedings relating to the person have reached at the time of the escape shall cease to have effect in relation to those proceedings.

6

If a person who has been released on bail fails to surrender himself into the custody of the court at the appointed time, the overall time limit which applies to the stage which proceedings relating to the person have reached at the time of the failure shall cease to have effect in relation to those proceedings.

7

Any period during which proceedings for an offence are adjourned pending the determination of an appeal under Part IV of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 (prosecution appeals) shall be disregarded, so far as the offence is concerned, for the purposes of the overall time limit and the custody time limit which applies to the stage which the proceedings have reached when they are adjourned

73 Time limits: supplementary.1

Where a person is convicted of an offence, the exercise of power conferred by virtue of section 72(2)(e) in relation to proceedings for the offence shall not be called into question on an appeal against the conviction.

2

In the application of section 72 in relation to proceedings on indictment, “preliminary stage” does not include a stage—

a

after the time when the case for the prosecution is opened, or

b

if the court accepts a plea of guilty before the case for the prosecution is opened, after the plea is accepted.

3

In the application of section 72 in relation to summary proceedings, “preliminary stage” does not include a stage—

a

after the court begins to hear evidence for the prosecution at the trial,

b

if the court accepts a plea of guilty before it has begun to hear evidence for the prosecution, after the plea is accepted, or

c

after the court begins to consider whether to exercise its power under Article 44(4) of the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (power to make hospital order without conviction).

4

In this section and section 72—

custody of the Crown Court” includes custody to which a person is committed in pursuance of—

a

Article 37 or 40(4) of the Magistrates’ Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (magistrates’ court committing accused for trial), or

b

section 51(8) of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (magistrates’ court dealing with a person arrested under Crown Court warrant),

custody of a magistrates’ court” means custody to which a person is committed in pursuance of Article 47 or 49 of the Magistrates’ Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (remand),

custody time limit” means a time limit imposed by regulations in pursuance of section 72(1)(b) or, where a limit has been extended by the Crown Court by virtue of section 72(2)(e), the limit as extended,

law about bail” means—

a

the Magistrates’ Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981,

b

section 67 of this Act,

c

any other enactment relating to bail, and

d

any rule of law relating to bail, and

overall time limit” means a time limit imposed by regulations in pursuance of section 72(1)(a) or, where a limit has been extended by the Crown Court by virtue of section 72(2)(e), the limit as extended.

5

For the purposes of the application of a custody time limit in relation to a person who is in the custody of a magistrates’ court or the Crown Court—

a

all periods during which he is in the custody of a magistrates’ court in respect of the same offence shall be aggregated and treated as a single continuous period; and

b

all periods during which he is in the custody of the Crown Court in respect of the same offence shall be aggregated and treated as a single continuous period.

74 Court for trial.1

A trial on indictment of a scheduled offence shall be held only at the Crown Court sitting in Belfast, unless the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland directs that

a

. . . the trial, or a class of trials within which it falls, shall be held at the Crown Court sitting elsewhere, or

b

. . . the trial, or part of it, shall be held at the Crown Court sitting elsewhere.

1A

The Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland may nominate any of the following to exercise his functions under subsection (1)—

a

the holder of one of the offices listed in Schedule 1 to the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002;

b

a Lord Justice of Appeal (as defined in section 88 of that Act).

2

A person committed for trial for a scheduled offence, or for two or more offences at least one of which is a scheduled offence, shall be committed—

a

to the Crown Court sitting in Belfast, or

b

where a direction has been given under subsection (1) which concerns the trial, to the Crown Court sitting at the place specified in the direction;

and section 48 of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (committal for trial on indictment) shall have effect accordingly.

3

Where—

a

a person is committed for trial to the Crown Court sitting in Belfast in accordance with subsection (2), and

b

a direction is subsequently given under subsection (1), before the commencement of the trial, altering the place of trial,

the person shall be treated as having been committed for trial to the Crown Court sitting at the place specified in the direction.

75 Mode of trial on indictment.1

A trial on indictment of a scheduled offence shall be conducted by the court without a jury.

2

The court trying a scheduled offence on indictment under this section shall have all the powers, authorities and jurisdiction which the court would have had if it had been sitting with a jury (including power to determine any question and to make any finding which would, apart from this section, be required to be determined or made by a jury).

3

A reference in an enactment to a jury, the verdict of a jury or the finding of a jury shall, in relation to a trial under this section, be construed as a reference to the court, the verdict of the court or the finding of the court.

4

Where separate counts of an indictment allege a scheduled offence and a non-scheduled offence, the trial on indictment shall be conducted as if all the offences alleged in the indictment were scheduled offences.

5

Subsection (4) is without prejudice to section 5 of the Indictments Act (Northern Ireland) 1945 (orders for amendment of indictment, separate trial and postponement of trial).

6

Without prejudice to subsection (2), where the court trying a scheduled offence on indictment—

a

is not satisfied that the accused is guilty of the offence, but

b

is satisfied that he is guilty of a non-scheduled offence of which a jury could have found him guilty on a trial for the scheduled offence,

the court may convict him of the non-scheduled offence.

7

Where the court trying a scheduled offence convicts the accused of that or some other offence, it shall give a judgment stating the reasons for the conviction at or as soon as is reasonably practicable after the time of conviction.

8

A person convicted of an offence on a trial under this section without a jury may, notwithstanding anything in sections 1 and 10(1) of the Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1980, appeal to the Court of Appeal under Part I of that Act—

a

against his conviction, on any ground, without the leave of the Court of Appeal or a certificate of the judge of the court of trial;

b

against sentence passed on conviction, without that leave, unless the sentence is fixed by law.

9

Where a person is convicted of an offence on a trial under this section, the time for giving notice of appeal under section 16(1) of that Act shall run from the date of judgment if later than the date from which it would run under that subsection.

76 Admission in trial on indictment.

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77 Possession: onus of proof.1

This section applies to a trial on indictment for a scheduled offence where the accused is charged with possessing an article in such circumstances as to constitute an offence under any of the enactments listed in subsection (3).

2

If it is proved that the article—

a

was on any premises at the same time as the accused, or

b

was on premises of which the accused was the occupier or which he habitually used otherwise than as a member of the public,

the court may assume that the accused possessed (and, if relevant, knowingly possessed) the article, unless he proves that he did not know of its presence on the premises or that he had no control over it.

3

The following are the offences mentioned in subsection (1)—

                           The Explosive Substances Act 1883

Section 3, so far as relating to subsection (1)(b) thereof (possessing explosive with intent to endanger life or cause serious damage to property).

Section 4 (possessing explosive in suspicious circumstances).

                    The Protection of the Person and Property Act (Northern Ireland) 1969

Section 2 (possessing petrol bomb, &c. in suspicious circumstances).

                  The Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 2004

Article 45(1)(manufacturing, dealing in or possessing certain weapons, etc.).

Article 58(1)(possessing firearm or ammunition with intent to endanger life or cause serious damage to property).

Article 59(2)(possessing firearm or imitation firearm at time of committing, or being arrested for, a specified offence).

Article 63(1), (2) or (4)(possession of a firearm or ammunition by a person who has been sentenced to imprisonment, &c.).

Article 64 (possessing firearm or ammunition in suspicious circumstances).

78 Children: sentence.

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79 Restricted remission.1

The remission granted under prison rules in respect of a sentence of imprisonment passed in Northern Ireland for a scheduled offence shall not, where it is for a term of five years or more, exceed one-third of the term.

2

Where a person is sentenced on the same occasion for two or more scheduled offences to terms which are consecutive, subsection (1) shall apply as if those terms were a single term.

3

Where a person is serving two or more terms which are consecutive but not all subject to subsection (1), the maximum remission granted under prison rules in respect of those terms taken together shall be arrived at by calculating the maximum remission for each term separately and aggregating the result.

4

In this section “prison rules” means rules made under section 13 of the Prison Act (Northern Ireland) 1953.

5

The Secretary of State may by order substitute a different length of sentence and a different maximum period of remission for those mentioned in subsection (1).

6

This section applies where—

a

the scheduled offence is committed while this section is in force,

b

the offence (being a scheduled offence within the meaning of the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1996) was committed while section 15 of that Act was in force,

c

the offence (being a scheduled offence within the meaning of the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1991) was committed while section 14 of that Act was in force, or

d

the offence (being a scheduled offence within the meaning of the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1978) was committed while section 22 of the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989 was in force.

80 Conviction during remission.1

This section applies where—

a

a person is sentenced to imprisonment or a term of detention in a young offenders centre for a period exceeding one year,

b

he is discharged from prison or the centre in pursuance of prison rules, and

c

before his sentence or term would have expired (but for the discharge) he commits, and is convicted on indictment of, a scheduled offence.

2

If the court before which he is convicted of the scheduled offence sentences him to imprisonment or a term of detention it shall in addition order him to be returned to prison or a young offenders centre for the period between the date of the order and the date on which the sentence or term mentioned in subsection (1) would have expired but for his discharge.

3

No order shall be made under subsection (2) if the sentence imposed by the court is—

a

a suspended sentence,

b

a sentence of life imprisonment, or

c

a sentence of detention during the Secretary of State’s pleasure under Article 45(1) of the Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998.

4

An order made under subsection (2) shall cease to have effect if an appeal against the scheduled offence results in—

a

the acquittal of the person concerned, or

b

the substitution of a sentence other than imprisonment or a term of detention.

5

The period for which a person is ordered under this section to be returned to prison or a young offenders centre—

a

shall be taken to be a sentence of imprisonment or term of detention for the purposes of the Prison Act (Northern Ireland) 1953 and for the purposes of the Treatment of Offenders Act (Northern Ireland) 1968 other than section 26(2) (reduction for time spent in custody),

b

shall not be subject to any provision of prison rules for discharge before expiry, and

c

shall be served before, and be followed by, the sentence or term imposed for the scheduled offence and be disregarded in determining the appropriate length of that sentence or term.

6

For the purposes of this section a certificate purporting to be signed by the governor or deputy governor of a prison or young offenders centre which specifies—

a

the date on which a person was discharged from prison or a young offenders centre,

b

the sentence or term which the person was serving at the time of his discharge, the offence in respect of which the sentence or term was imposed and the date on which he was convicted of that offence, and

c

the date on which the person would, but for his discharge in pursuance of prison rules, have been discharged from prison or a young offenders centre,

shall be evidence of the matters specified.

7

In this section—

prison rules” means rules made under section 13 of the Prison Act (Northern Ireland) 1953,

“sentence of imprisonment” does not include a committal in default of payment of any sum of money or for want of sufficient distress to satisfy any sum of money or for failure to do or abstain from doing anything required to be done or left undone, and

young offenders centre” has the meaning assigned to it by section 2(a) of the Treatment of Offenders Act (Northern Ireland) 1968.

8

For the purposes of subsection (1) consecutive terms of imprisonment or of detention in a young offenders centre shall be treated as a single term and a sentence of imprisonment or detention in a young offenders centre includes—

a

a sentence or term passed by a court in the United Kingdom or any of the Islands, and

b

in the case of imprisonment, a sentence passed by a court-martial on a person found guilty of a civil offence within the meaning of the Army Act 1955, the Air Force Act 1955 and the Naval Discipline Act 1957.

9

The Secretary of State may by order substitute a different period for the period of one year mentioned in subsection (1).

10

This section applies irrespective of when the discharge from prison or a young offenders centre took place but only if—

a

the scheduled offence is committed while this section is in force,

b

the offence (being a scheduled offence within the meaning of the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1996) was committed while section 16 of that Act was in force,

c

the offence (being a scheduled offence within the meaning of the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1991) was committed while section 15 of that Act was in force, or

d

the offence (being a scheduled offence within the meaning of the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1978) was committed while section 23 of the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989 was in force.

Powers of arrest, search, &c.
81 Arrest of suspected terrorists: power of entry.

A constable may enter and search any premises if he reasonably suspects that a terrorist, within the meaning of section 40(1)(b), is to be found there.

82 Arrest and seizure: constables.1

A constable may arrest without warrant any person if he reasonably suspects that the person is committing, has committed or is about to commit—

a

a scheduled offence, or

b

a non-scheduled offence under this Act.

2

For the purpose of arresting a person under this section a constable may enter and search any premises where the person is or where the constable reasonably suspects him to be.

3

A constable may seize and retain anything if he reasonably suspects that it is, has been or is intended to be used in the commission of—

a

a scheduled offence, or

b

a non-scheduled offence under this Act.

83 Arrest and seizure: armed forces.1

If a member of Her Majesty’s forces on duty reasonably suspects that a person is committing, has committed or is about to commit any offence he may—

a

arrest the person without warrant, and

b

detain him for a period not exceeding four hours.

2

A person making an arrest under this section complies with any rule of law requiring him to state the ground of arrest if he states that he is making the arrest as a member of Her Majesty’s forces.

3

For the purpose of arresting a person under this section a member of Her Majesty’s forces may enter and search any premises where the person is.

4

If a member of Her Majesty’s forces reasonably suspects that a person—

a

is a terrorist (within the meaning of Part V), or

b

has committed an offence involving the use or possession of an explosive or firearm,

he may enter and search any premises where he reasonably suspects the person to be for the purpose of arresting him under this section.

5

A member of Her Majesty’s forces may seize, and detain for a period not exceeding four hours, anything which he reasonably suspects is being, has been or is intended to be used in the commission of an offence under section 93 or 94.

6

The reference to a rule of law in subsection (2) does not include a rule of law which has effect only by virtue of the Human Rights Act 1998.

84 Munitions and transmitters.

Schedule 10 (which confers power to search for munitions and transmitters) shall have effect.

85 Explosives inspectors.1

An explosives inspector may enter and search any premises for the purpose of ascertaining whether any explosive is unlawfully there.

2

The power under subsection (1) may not be exercised in relation to a dwelling.

3

An explosives inspector may stop any person in a public place and search him for the purpose of ascertaining whether he has any explosive unlawfully with him.

4

An explosives inspector—

a

may seize any explosive found in the course of a search under this section unless it appears to him that it is being, has been and will be used only for a lawful purpose, and

b

may retain and, if necessary, destroy it.

5

In this section “explosives inspector” means an inspector appointed under section 53 of the Explosives Act 1875.

86 Unlawfully detained persons.1

If an officer reasonably believes that a person is unlawfully detained in such circumstances that his life is in danger, the officer may enter any premises for the purpose of ascertaining whether the person is detained there.

2

In this section “officer” means—

a

a member of Her Majesty’s forces on duty, or

b

a constable.

3

A dwelling may be entered under subsection (1) only by—

a

a member of Her Majesty’s forces authorised for the purpose by a commissioned officer of those forces, or

b

a constable authorised for the purpose by an officer of the Royal Ulster Constabulary of at least the rank of inspector.

87 Examination of documents.1

A member of Her Majesty’s forces or a constable who performs a search under a provision of this Part—

a

may examine any document or record found in order to ascertain whether it contains information of the kind mentioned in section 58(1)(a) or 103(1)(a), and

b

if necessary or expedient for the purpose of paragraph (a), may remove the document or record to another place and retain it there until the examination is completed.

2

Subsection (1) shall not permit a person to examine a document or record if he has reasonable cause to believe that it is an item subject to legal privilege (within the meaning of the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989).

3

Subject to subsections (4) and (5), a document or record may not be retained by virtue of subsection (1)(b) for more than 48 hours.

4

An officer of the Royal Ulster Constabulary who is of at least the rank of chief inspector may authorise a constable to retain a document or record for a further period or periods.

5

Subsection (4) does not permit the retention of a document or record after the end of the period of 96 hours beginning with the time when it was removed for examination under subsection (1)(b).

6

A person who wilfully obstructs a member of Her Majesty’s forces or a constable in the exercise of a power conferred by this section commits an offence.

7

A person guilty of an offence under subsection (6) shall be liable—

a

on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, to a fine or to both, or

b

on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to both.

88 Examination of documents: procedure.1

Where a document or record is examined under section 87—

a

it shall not be photographed or copied, and

b

the person who examines it shall make a written record of the examination as soon as is reasonably practicable.

2

The record shall—

a

describe the document or record,

b

specify the object of the examination,

c

state the address of the premises where the document or record was found,

d

where the document or record was found in the course of a search of a person, state the person’s name,

e

where the document or record was found in the course of a search of any premises, state the name of a person appearing to the person making the record to be the occupier of the premises or to have had custody or control of the document or record when it was found,

f

where the document or record is removed for examination from the place where it was found, state the date and time when it was removed, and

g

where the document or record was examined at the place where it was found, state the date and time of examination.

3

The record shall identify the person by whom the examination was carried out—

a

in the case of a constable, by reference to his police number, and

b

in the case of a member of Her Majesty’s forces, by reference to his service number, rank and regiment.

4

Where a person makes a record of a search in accordance with this section, he shall as soon as is reasonably practicable supply a copy—

a

in a case where the document or record was found in the course of a search of a person, to that person, and

b

in a case where the document or record was found in the course of a search of any premises, to a person appearing to the person making the record to be the occupier of the premises or to have had custody or control of the document or record when it was found.

89 Power to stop and question.1

An officer may stop a person for so long as is necessary to question him to ascertain—

a

his identity and movements;

b

what he knows about a recent explosion or another recent incident endangering life;

c

what he knows about a person killed or injured in a recent explosion or incident.

2

A person commits an offence if he—

a

fails to stop when required to do so under this section,

b

refuses to answer a question addressed to him under this section, or

c

fails to answer to the best of his knowledge and ability a question addressed to him under this section.

3

A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.

4

In this section “officer” means—

a

a member of Her Majesty’s forces on duty, or

b

a constable.

90 Power of entry.1

An officer may enter any premises if he considers it necessary in the course of operations for the preservation of the peace or the maintenance of order.

2

In this section “officer” means—

a

a member of Her Majesty’s forces on duty, or

b

a constable.

91 Taking possession of land, &c.

If the Secretary of State considers it necessary for the preservation of the peace or the maintenance of order, he may authorise a person—

a

to take possession of land or other property;

b

to take steps to place buildings or other structures in a state of defence;

c

to detain property or cause it to be destroyed or moved;

d

to carry out works on land of which possession has been taken by virtue of this section;

e

to take any other action which interferes with a public right or with a private right of property.

92 Road closure: permission.1

If he considers it immediately necessary for the preservation of the peace or the maintenance of order, an officer may—

a

wholly or partly close a road;

b

divert or otherwise interfere with a road or the use of a road;

c

prohibit or restrict the exercise of a right of way;

d

prohibit or restrict the use of a waterway.

2

In this section “officer” means—

a

a member of Her Majesty’s forces on duty,

b

a constable, or

c

a person authorised for the purposes of this section by the Secretary of State.

93 Sections 91 and 92: supplementary.1

A person commits an offence if he interferes with—

a

works executed in connection with the exercise of powers conferred by virtue of section 91 or 92, or

b

any apparatus, equipment or other thing used in connection with the exercise of those powers.

2

It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under this section to prove that he had a reasonable excuse for his interference.

3

A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on summary conviction to—

a

imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months,

b

a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or

c

both.

4

An authorisation to exercise powers under section 91 or 92 may authorise—

a

the exercise of all those powers, or

b

the exercise of a specified power or class of powers.

5

An authorisation to exercise powers under section 91 or 92 may be addressed—

a

to specified persons, or

b

to persons of a specified class.

94 Road closure: direction.1

If the Secretary of State considers it necessary for the preservation of the peace or the maintenance of order he may by order direct that a specified road—

a

shall be wholly closed,

b

shall be closed to a specified extent, or

c

shall be diverted in a specified manner.

2

A person commits an offence if he interferes with—

a

road closure works, or

b

road closure equipment.

3

A person commits an offence if—

a

he executes any bypass works within 200 metres of road closure works,

b

he has in his possession or under his control, within 200 metres of road closure works, materials or equipment suitable for executing bypass works, or

c

he knowingly permits on land occupied by him the doing or occurrence of anything which is an offence under paragraph (a) or (b).

4

It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under this section to prove that he had a reasonable excuse for his action, possession, control or permission.

5

A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on summary conviction to—

a

imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months,

b

a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or

c

both.

6

In this section—

bypass works” means works which facilitate the bypassing by vehicles of road closure works,

road closure equipment” means any apparatus, equipment or other thing used in pursuance of an order under this section in connection with the closure or diversion of a road, and

road closure works” means works executed in connection with the closure or diversion of a road specified in an order under this section (whether executed in pursuance of the order or in pursuance of power under an enactment to close or divert the road).

95 Sections 81 to 94: supplementary.1

This section applies in relation to sections 81 to 94.

2

A power to enter premises may be exercised by reasonable force if necessary.

3

A power to search premises shall, in its application to vehicles (by virtue of section 121), be taken to include—

a

power to stop a vehicle (other than an aircraft which is airborne), and

b

power to take a vehicle or cause it to be taken, where necessary or expedient, to any place for the purpose of carrying out the search.

4

A person commits an offence if he fails to stop a vehicle when required to do so by virtue of this section.

5

A person guilty of an offence under subsection (4) shall be liable on summary conviction to—

a

imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months,

b

a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or

c

both.

6

In the application to a place or vehicle (by virtue of section 121) of a power to search premises—

a

a reference to the address of the premises shall be construed as a reference to the location of the place or vehicle together with its registration number (if any), and

b

a reference to the occupier of the premises shall be construed as a reference to the occupier of the place or the person in charge of the vehicle.

7

Where a search is carried out under Schedule 10 in relation to a vehicle (by virtue of section 121), the person carrying out the search may, if he reasonably believes that it is necessary in order to carry out the search or to prevent it from being frustrated—

a

require a person in or on the vehicle to remain with it;

b

require a person in or on the vehicle to go to and remain at any place to which the vehicle is taken by virtue of subsection (3)(b);

c

use reasonable force to secure compliance with a requirement under paragraph (a) or (b) above.

8

Paragraphs 4(2) and (3), 8 and 9 of Schedule 10 shall apply to a requirement imposed under subsection (7) as they apply to a requirement imposed under that Schedule.

9

Paragraph 8 of Schedule 10 shall apply in relation to the search of a vehicle which is not habitually stationary only if it is moved for the purpose of the search by virtue of subsection (3)(b); and where that paragraph does apply, the reference to the address of the premises shall be construed as a reference to the location where the vehicle is searched together with its registration number (if any).

10

A member of Her Majesty’s forces exercising any power when he is not in uniform shall, if requested to do so by any person at or about the time of exercising the power, produce to that person documentary evidence that he is a member of Her Majesty’s Forces.

Miscellaneous
96 Preservation of the peace: regulations.1

The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision for promoting the preservation of the peace and the maintenance of order.

2

The regulations may authorise the Secretary of State to make orders or give directions for specified purposes.

3

A person commits an offence if he contravenes or fails to comply with—

a

regulations under this section, or

b

an order or direction made or given under regulations made under this section.

4

A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on summary conviction to—

a

imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months,

b

a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or

c

both.

97 Port and border controls.

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98 Independent Assessor of Military Complaints Procedures.1

The Secretary of State may appoint a person to be known as the Independent Assessor of Military Complaints Procedures in Northern Ireland.

2

A person may be appointed as the Independent Assessor only if—

a

he is not a serving member of Her Majesty’s forces, and

b

he has not been a serving member at any time during the period of 20 years ending with the date of the appointment.

3

The Independent Assessor—

a

shall keep under review the procedures adopted by the General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland for receiving, investigating and responding to complaints to which this section applies,

b

shall receive and investigate any representations about those procedures,

c

may investigate the operation of those procedures in relation to a particular complaint or class of complaints,

d

may require the General Officer Commanding to review a particular case or class of cases in which the Independent Assessor considers that any of those procedures have operated inadequately, and

e

may make recommendations to the General Officer Commanding about inadequacies in those procedures, including inadequacies in the way in which they operate in relation to a particular complaint or class of complaints.

4

This section applies to complaints about the behaviour of a member of Her Majesty’s forces under the command of the General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland, other than—

a

a complaint which is referred by the General Officer Commanding to the Royal Ulster Constabulary and which is not remitted by the Royal Ulster Constabulary to the General Officer Commanding to be dealt with by him,

b

a complaint about a matter in respect of which a claim for compensation has been made under Schedule 12, and

c

a complaint about a matter which is the subject of proceedings involving a claim for compensation which have been instituted in a court.

5

The General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland shall—

a

provide such information,

b

disclose such documents, and

c

provide such assistance,

as the Independent Assessor may reasonably require for the purpose of the performance of his functions.

6

Schedule 11 (which makes supplementary provision about the Independent Assessor) shall have effect.

99 Police and army powers: code of practice.1

The Secretary of State may make codes of practice in connection with—

a

the exercise by police officers of any power conferred by this Act, and

b

the seizure and retention of property found by police officers when exercising powers of search conferred by any provision of this Act.

2

The Secretary of State may make codes of practice in connection with the exercise by members of Her Majesty’s forces of powers by virtue of this Part.

3

In this section “police officer” means a member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary or the Royal Ulster Constabulary Reserve.

100 Video recording: code of practice.

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101 Codes of practice: supplementary.1

This section applies to a code of practice under section 99 . . . .

2

Where the Secretary of State proposes to issue a code of practice he shall—

a

publish a draft,

b

consider any representations made to him about the draft, and

c

if he thinks it appropriate, modify the draft in the light of any representations made to him.

3

The Secretary of State shall lay a draft of the code before Parliament.

4

When the Secretary of State has laid a draft code before Parliament he may bring it into operation by order.

5

The Secretary of State may revise the whole or any part of a code of practice issued by him and issue the code as revised; and subsections (2) to (4) shall apply to such a revised code as they apply to an original code.

5A

A person on whom powers are conferred or duties are imposed by a designation under section 30 or 31 of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2003 shall have regard to any relevant provision of a code of practice to which this section applies in—

a

the exercise of the powers conferred on him by the designation;

b

the performance of the duties imposed on him by the designation.

6

A failure by a police officer to comply with a provision of a code shall not of itself make him liable to criminal or civil proceedings.

7

A failure by a member of Her Majesty’s forces to comply with a provision of a code shall not of itself make him liable to any criminal or civil proceedings other than—

a

proceedings under any provision of the Army Act 1955 or the Air Force Act 1955 other than section 70 (civil offences), and

b

proceedings under any provision of the Naval Discipline Act 1957 other than section 42 (civil offences).

7A

A failure by a person designated under section 30 or 31 of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2003 to comply with subsection (5A) shall not of itself make him liable to criminal or civil proceedings.

8

A code—

a

shall be admissible in evidence in criminal or civil proceedings, and

b

shall be taken into account by a court or tribunal in any case in which it appears to the court or tribunal to be relevant.

9

In this section—

criminal proceedings” includes proceedings in Northern Ireland before a court-martial constituted under the Army Act 1955, the Air Force Act 1955 or the Naval Discipline Act 1957 . . . and proceedings in Northern Ireland before the Courts-Martial Appeal Court, and

police officer” means a member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary or the Royal Ulster Constabulary Reserve.

102 Compensation.

Schedule 12 (which provides for compensation to be paid for certain action taken under this Part) shall have effect.

103 Terrorist information.1

A person commits an offence if—

a

he collects, makes a record of, publishes, communicates or attempts to elicit information about a person to whom this section applies which is of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism, or

b

he possesses a document or record containing information of that kind.

2

This section applies to a person who is or has been—

a

a constable,

b

a member of Her Majesty’s Forces,

c

the holder of a judicial office,

d

an officer of any court, or

e

employed in the prison service in Northern Ireland.

3

In this section “record” includes a photographic or electronic record.

4

If it is proved in proceedings for an offence under subsection (1)(b) that a document or record—

a

was on any premises at the same time as the accused, or

b

was on premises of which the accused was the occupier or which he habitually used otherwise than as a member of the public,

the court may assume that the accused possessed the document or record, unless he proves that he did not know of its presence on the premises or that he had no control over it.

5

It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under this section to prove that he had a reasonable excuse for his action or possession.

6

A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable—

a

on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years, to a fine or to both, or

b

on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to both.

7

A court by or before which a person is convicted of an offence under this section may order the forfeiture of any document or record containing information of the kind mentioned in subsection (1)(a).

8

Before making an order under subsection (7) a court must give an opportunity to be heard to any person, other than the convicted person, who claims to be the owner of or otherwise interested in anything which can be forfeited under that subsection.

9

An order under subsection (8) shall not come into force until there is no further possibility of it being varied, or set aside, on appeal (disregarding any power of a court to grant leave to appeal out of time).

104 Police powers: records.

The Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary shall make arrangements for securing that a record is made of each exercise by a constable of a power under this Part in so far as—

a

it is reasonably practicable to do so, and

b

a record is not required to be made under another enactment.

105 Powers.

A power conferred on a person by virtue of this Part—

a

is additional to powers which he has at common law or by virtue of any other enactment, and

b

shall not be taken to affect those powers or Her Majesty’s prerogative.

106 Private security services.

Schedule 13 (private security services) shall have effect.

Specified organisations
107 Specified organisations: interpretation.

For the purposes of sections 108 to 111 an organisation is specified at a particular time if at that time—

a

it is specified under section 3(8) of the Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998, and

b

it is, or forms part of, an organisation which is proscribed for the purposes of this Act.

108 Evidence.1

This section applies where a person is charged with an offence under section 11.

2

Subsection (3) applies where a police officer of at least the rank of superintendent states in oral evidence that in his opinion the accused—

a

belongs to an organisation which is specified, or

b

belonged to an organisation at a time when it was specified.

3

Where this subsection applies—

a

the statement shall be admissible as evidence of the matter stated, but

b

the accused shall not be committed for trial, be found to have a case to answer or be convicted solely on the basis of the statement.

4

In this section “police officer” means a member of—

a

a police force within the meaning of the Police Act 1996 or the Police (Scotland) Act 1967, or

b

the Royal Ulster Constabulary.

109 Inferences.1

This section applies where a person is charged with an offence under section 11.

2

Subsection (4) applies where evidence is given that—

a

at any time before being charged with the offence the accused, on being questioned under caution by a constable, failed to mention a fact which is material to the offence and which he could reasonably be expected to mention, and

b

before being questioned the accused was permitted to consult a solicitor.

3

Subsection (4) also applies where evidence is given that—

a

on being charged with the offence or informed by a constable that he might be prosecuted for it the accused failed to mention a fact which is material to the offence and which he could reasonably be expected to mention, and

b

before being charged or informed the accused was permitted to consult a solicitor.

4

Where this subsection applies—

a

the court, in considering any question whether the accused belongs or belonged at a particular time to a specified organisation, may draw from the failure inferences relating to that question, but

b

the accused shall not be committed for trial, be found to have a case to answer or be convicted solely on the basis of the inferences.

5

Subject to any directions by the court, evidence tending to establish the failure may be given before or after evidence tending to establish the fact which the accused is alleged to have failed to mention.

110 Sections 108 and 109: supplementary.1

Nothing in section 108 or 109 shall—

a

prejudice the admissibility of evidence admissible apart from that section,

b

preclude the drawing of inferences which could be drawn apart from that section, or

c

prejudice an enactment providing (in whatever words) that an answer or evidence given by a person in specified circumstances is not admissible in evidence against him or some other person in any proceedings or class of proceedings (however described, and whether civil or criminal).

2

In subsection (1)(c) the reference to giving evidence is a reference to giving it in any manner (whether by giving information, making discovery, producing documents or otherwise).

111 Forfeiture orders.1

This section applies if—

a

a person is convicted of an offence under section 11 or 12, and

b

at the time of the offence he belonged to an organisation which was a specified organisation.

2

The court by or before which the person is convicted may order the forfeiture of any money or other property if—

a

he had it in his possession or under his control at the time of the offence, and

b

it has been used in connection with the activities of the specified organisation or the court believes that it may be used in that connection unless it is forfeited.

3

Before making an order under this section the court must give an opportunity to be heard to any person, other than the convicted person, who claims to be the owner of or otherwise interested in anything which can be forfeited under this section.

4

A question arising as to whether subsection (1)(b) or (2)(a) or (b) is satisfied shall be determined on the balance of probabilities.

5

Schedule 4 shall apply (with the necessary modifications) in relation to orders under this section as it applies in relation to orders made under section 23.

Duration of Part VII
112 Expiry and revival.1

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2

The Secretary of State may by order provide—

a

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

b

that a provision of this Part shall cease to have effect;

c

that a provision of this Part which is not in force (whether or not by virtue of this subsection) shall come into force and remain in force for a specified period not exceeding twelve months and ending before 1st August 2007 .

3

An order under subsection (2) may make provision with respect to a provision of this Part—

a

generally,

b

only in so far as it concerns powers of members of Her Majesty’s Forces, or

c

except in so far as it concerns powers of members of Her Majesty’s Forces.

4

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5

Paragraph 37 of Schedule 4 to this Act shall be treated for the purposes of this section as forming part of this Part of this Act.

113 Transitional provisions.1

Where a provision of sections 74 to 77 comes into force by virtue of an order under section 112(2), that shall not affect a trial on indictment where the indictment has been presented before the provision comes into force.

2

Where a provision of sections 74 to 77 ceases to have effect (whether or not by virtue of an order under section 112(2)), that shall not affect the application of the provision to a trial on indictment where the indictment has been presented before the provision ceases to have effect.

3

If when section 74(1) comes into force by virtue of an order under section 112(2) a person has been committed for trial for a scheduled offence and the indictment has not been presented, then on the coming into force of section 74(1) he shall, if he was committed to the Crown Court sitting elsewhere than in Belfast, be treated as having been committed—

a

to the Crown Court sitting in Belfast, or

b

where a direction is given under section 74(1) which affects the trial, to the Crown Court sitting at the place specified in the direction.

4

Where section 74 ceases to have effect (whether or not by virtue of an order under section 112(2)), that shall not affect—

a

the committal of a person for trial in accordance with that provision to the Crown Court sitting either in Belfast or elsewhere, or

b

the committal of a person for trial which, in accordance with that provision, has taken effect as a committal for trial to the Crown Court sitting elsewhere than in Belfast,

in a case where the indictment has not been presented.

5

Where section 79 or 80 ceases to have effect (whether or not by virtue of an order under section 112(2)), that shall not affect the operation of the section in relation to an offence committed while it, or a corresponding earlier enactment, was in force.

6

Sections 108 and 109 shall not apply to a statement made or failure occurring before 4th September 1998.

7

Where section 108 or 109 comes into force by virtue of an order under section 112(2) it shall not apply to a statement made or failure occurring while the section was not in force.

8

Section 111 applies where an offence is committed on or after 4th September 1998; and for this purpose an offence committed over a period of more than one day or at some time during a period of more than one day shall be taken to be committed on the last of the days in the period.

9

Paragraph 19 of Schedule 9 shall have effect only in relation to an offence alleged to have been committed after the coming into force of that Schedule.

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<notes source="#source">
<note class="commentary M" eId="c11205521">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1981/1675">S.I. 1981/1675 (N.I. 26)</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c11205531">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1975/59">1975 c. 59</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c16700521">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/11/section/67/3/4">S. 67(3)(4)</ref>
repealed (19.2.2006) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/4">Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Act 2006 (c. 4)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/4/section/5/2/3">s. 5(2)(3)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/4/schedule">Sch.</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c11205541">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1981/228">S.I. 1981/228 (N.I. 8)</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c16775251">
<p>
Words in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/11/section/69/2/a">s. 69(2)(a)</ref>
repealed (28.7.2003) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/2003/1247">The Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1247 (N.I. 13))</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/2003/1247/article/36/2">art. 36(2)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/2003/1247/schedule/2">Sch. 2</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2003/352">S.R. 2003/352</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2003/352/article/2">art. 2</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c11205551">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1981/1675">S.I. 1981/1675 (N.I. 26)</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c16700731">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/11/section/70">S. 70</ref>
repealed (19.2.2006) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/4">Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Act 2006 (c. 4)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/4/section/5/2/3">s. 5(2)(3)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/4/schedule">Sch.</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c16700761">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/11/section/71">S. 71</ref>
repealed (19.2.2006) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/4">Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Act 2006 (c. 4)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/4/section/5/2/3">s. 5(2)(3)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/4/schedule">Sch.</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c16786591">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/11/section/72/7">S. 72(7)</ref>
inserted (18.4.2005) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/2004/1500">The Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/1500 (N.I. 9))</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/2004/1500/article/29/2">art. 29(2)</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2005/243">S.R. 2005/243</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2005/243/article/2">art. 2</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c11205581">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1986/595">S.I. 1986/595 (N.I. 4)</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c11205591">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1981/1675">S.I. 1981/1675 (N.I. 26)</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c11205601">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1978/23">1978 c. 23</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c11205611">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1981/1675">S.I. 1981/1675 (N.I. 26)</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c11205621">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1981/1675">S.I. 1981/1675 (N.I. 26)</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c16831651">
<p>
Words in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/11/section/74/1">s. 74(1)</ref>
inserted (3.4.2006) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/4">Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/4/section/15/1">s. 15(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/4/schedule/4/part/1/paragraph/288/2/a">Sch. 4 Pt. 1 para. 288(2)(a)</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/1014">S.I. 2006/1014</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/1014/article/2/1">art. 2(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/1014/schedule/1">Sch. 1</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c16831681">
<p>
Words in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/11/section/74/1/a">s. 74(1)(a)</ref>
repealed (3.4.2006) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/4">Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/4/section/15/1">ss. 15(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/4/section/146">146</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/4/schedule/4/part/1/paragraph/288/2/b">Sch. 4 Pt. 1 para. 288(2)(b)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/4/schedule/18/part/2">Sch. 18 Pt. 2</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/1014">S.I. 2006/1014</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/1014/article/2/1">art. 2(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/1014/schedule/1">Sch. 1</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c16831811">
<p>
Words in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/11/section/74/1/b">s. 74(1)(b)</ref>
repealed (3.4.2006) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/4">Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/4/section/15/1">ss. 15(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/4/section/146">146</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/4/schedule/4/part/1/paragraph/288/2/c">Sch. 4 Pt. 1 para. 288(2)(c)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/4/schedule/18/part/2">Sch. 18 Pt. 2</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/1014">S.I. 2006/1014</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/1014/article/2/1">art. 2(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/1014/schedule/1">Sch. 1</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c16831961">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/11/section/74/1A">S. 74(1A)</ref>
inserted (3.4.2006) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/4">Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/4/section/15/1">s. 15(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/4/schedule/4/part/1/paragraph/288/3">Sch. 4 Pt. 1 para. 288(3)</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/1014">S.I. 2006/1014</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/1014/article/2/1">art. 2(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/1014/schedule/1">Sch. 1</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c11205631">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1978/23">1978 c. 23</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c11205641">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/apni/1945/16">1945 c. 16(N.I.)</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c11205651">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1980/47">1980 c. 47</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c16834941">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/11/section/76">S. 76</ref>
repealed (19.2.2006) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/4">Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Act 2006 (c. 4)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/4/section/5/2/3">s. 5(2)(3)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/4/schedule">Sch.</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c16835181">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1883/3">1883 c. 3</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c16835191">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/apni/1969/29">1969 c. 29 (N.I.)</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c16888911">
<p>
Entry in s. 77(3) substituted (1.2.2005) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/2004/702">The Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/702 (N.I. 3))</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/2004/702/article/82/1">art. 82(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/2004/702/schedule/7/paragraph/23">Sch. 7 para. 23</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2005/4">S.R. 2005/4</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2005/4/article/3">art. 3</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c16844141">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/11/section/78">S. 78</ref>
repealed (19.2.2006) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/4">Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Act 2006 (c. 4)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/4/section/5/2/3">s. 5(2)(3)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/4/schedule">Sch.</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c16844191">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/apni/1953/18">1953 c.18 (N.I.)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c16844201">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1996/22">1996 c. 22</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c16844211">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1991/24">1991 c. 24</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c16844221">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1978/5">1978 c. 5</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c16844251">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1989/4">1989 c. 4</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c16845931">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1998/1504">S.I. 1998/1504 (N.I. 9)</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c16845941">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/apni/1953/18">1953 c. 18 (N.I.)</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c16845961">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/apni/1968/29">1968 c. 29 (N.I.)</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c16847951">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/apni/1953/18">1953 c. 18 (N.I.)</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c16847981">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/apni/1968/29">1968 c. 29 (N.I.)</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c16847991">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1955/18">1955 c. 18</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c16848001">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1955/19">1955 c. 19</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c16849201">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1957/53">1957 c. 53</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c16849211">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1996/22">1996 c. 22</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c16849231">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1991/24">1991 c. 24</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c16849241">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1978/5">1978 c. 5</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c16849271">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1989/4">1989 c. 4</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary C" eId="c11205901">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/11/section/82/3">S. 82(3)</ref>
: powers of seizure extended (1.4.2003) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2001/16">2001 c. 16</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2001/16/section/50">ss. 50</ref>
,
<rref from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2001/16/section/52" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2001/16/section/54">52-54</rref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2001/16/section/68">68</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2001/16/schedule/1/part/1/paragraph/70">Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 70</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2003/708">S.I. 2003/708</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2003/708/article/2">art. 2</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c11205911">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/42">1998 c. 42</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c11205921">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1875/17">1875 c. 17</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c11205931">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1989/1341">S.I. 1989/1341 (N.I. 12)</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary C" eId="c16834961">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/11/section/93">S. 93</ref>
: power to continue conferred (19.2.2006) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/4">Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Act 2006 (c. 4)</ref>
, ss. {4(2)(d)}, 5(3)
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c16683561">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/11/section/97">S. 97</ref>
repealed (19.2.2006) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/4">Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Act 2006 (c. 4)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/4/section/5/2/3">s. 5(2)(3)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/4/schedule">Sch.</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c16834951">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/11/section/100">S. 100</ref>
repealed (19.2.2006) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/4">Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Act 2006 (c. 4)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/4/section/5/2/3">s. 5(2)(3)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/4/schedule">Sch.</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary I" eId="c11206011">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/11/section/101">S. 101</ref>
wholly in force at 19.2.2001;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/11/section/101">s. 101</ref>
not in force at Royal Assent see
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/11/section/128">s. 128</ref>
;
<rref from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/11/section/101/1" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/11/section/101/5">s. 101(1)-(5)</rref>
in force at 12.10.2000 by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2000/2800">S.I. 2000/2800</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2000/2800/article/2/b">art. 2(b)</ref>
;
<rref from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/11/section/101/6" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/11/section/101/9">s. 101(6)-(9)</rref>
in force at 19.2.2001 by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/421">S.I. 2001/421</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/421/article/2">art. 2</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c16700891">
<p>
Words in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/11/section/101/1">s. 101(1)</ref>
repealed (19.2.2006) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/4">Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Act 2006 (c. 4)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/4/section/5/2/3">s. 5(2)(3)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/4/schedule">Sch.</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c16700831">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/11/section/101/5A">S. 101(5A)</ref>
inserted (8.4.2003) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2003/6">Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2003 (c. 6)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2003/6/section/32/1">s. 32(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2003/6/schedule/3/paragraph/8/2">Sch. 3 para. 8(2)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c11206021">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1955/18">1955 c. 18</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c11206031">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1955/19">1955 c. 19</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c11206041">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1957/53">1957 c. 53</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c16700851">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/11/section/101/7A">S. 101(7A)</ref>
inserted (8.4.2003) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2003/6">Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2003 (c. 6)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2003/6/section/32/1">s. 32(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2003/6/schedule/3/paragraph/8/3">Sch. 3 para. 8(3)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c11206051">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1955/18">1955 c. 18</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c11206061">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1955/19">1955 c. 19</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c11206071">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1957/53">1957 c. 53</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c11206081">
<p>
Words in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/11/section/101/9">s. 101(9)</ref>
repealed (28.2.2002) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2001/19">2001 c. 19</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2001/19/section/38">s. 38</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2001/19/schedule/7/part/1">Sch. 7 Pt. 1</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/345">S.I. 2002/345</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/345/article/2">art. 2</ref>
(with
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/345/article/3">art. 3</ref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c16787551">
<p>
Words in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/11/section/103/2/e">s. 103(2)(e)</ref>
substituted (14.7.2004) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2004/4">Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2004 (c. 4)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2004/4/section/14">s. 14</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2004/267">S.R. 2004/267</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2004/267/article/2">art. 2</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c11206091">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/35">1998 c. 35</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c11206101">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1996/16">1996 c. 16</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c11206111">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1967/77">1967 c. 77</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c16834981">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/11/section/112/1">S. 112(1)</ref>
(2(a)(4) repealed (19.2.2006) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/4">Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Act 2006 (c. 4)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/4/section/5/2/3">s. 5(2)(3)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/4/schedule">Sch.</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary C" eId="c16835011">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/11/section/112/2/c">S. 112(2)(c)</ref>
: power to amend conferred (19.2.2006) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/4">Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Act 2006 (c. 4)</ref>
, ss. {1(6)(a)}, 5(3)
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary C" eId="c16835051">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/11/section/112/2/c">S. 112(2)(c)</ref>
restricted (19.2.2006) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/4">Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Act 2006 (c. 4)</ref>
, ss. {2(1)(a)}, 5(3)
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c16835031">
<p>
Words in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/11/section/112/2/c">s. 112(2)(c)</ref>
inserted (19.2.2006) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/4">Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Act 2006 (c. 4)</ref>
, ss. {1(4)}, 5(3)
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c16835071">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/11/section/112/5">S. 112(5)</ref>
substituted (19.2.2006) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/4">Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Act 2006 (c. 4)</ref>
, ss. {2(3)}, 5(3)
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary C" eId="c16835111">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/11/section/113">S. 113</ref>
: power to continue conferred (19.2.2006) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/4">Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Act 2006 (c. 4)</ref>
, ss. {4(2)(g)}, 5(3)
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary C" eId="c11205511">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/11/part/VII">Pt. VII</ref>
(ss. 65-113): for the duration of Pt. VII see
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/11/section/112">ss. 112</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/11/section/113">113</ref>
by virtue of
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/11">2000 c. 11</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/11/section/112/1/4">ss. 112(1)(4)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/11/section/128">128</ref>
</p>
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/11/part/VII">Pt. VII</ref>
(ss. 65-113) continued (
<em>temp.</em>
from 19.2.2002 until 18.2.2003) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/365">S.I. 2002/365</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/365/article/2">art. 2</ref>
</p>
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/11/part/VII">Pt. VII</ref>
(ss. 65-113) continued (temp. from 19.2.2003 until 18.2.2004) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2003/427">The Terrorism Act 2000 (Continuance of Part VII) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/427)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2003/427/article/2">art. 2</ref>
</p>
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/11/part/VII">Pt. VII</ref>
(ss. 65-113) continued (temp. from 19.2.2004 until 18.2.2005) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2004/431">The Terrorism Act 2000 (Continuance of Part VII) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/431)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2004/431/article/2">art. 2</ref>
</p>
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/11/part/VII">Pt. VII</ref>
(ss. 65-113) continued (temp. from 19.2.2005 until 18.2.2006) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2005/350">The Terrorism Act 2000 (Continuance of Part VII) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/350)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2005/350/article/2">art. 2</ref>
</p>
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/11/part/VII">Pt. VII</ref>
(except s. 78) continued (temp. from 19.2.2006 until 31.7.2007) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/4">Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Act 2006 (c. 4)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/4/section/1/1/2">s. 1(1)(2)</ref>
</p>
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/11/part/VII">Pt. VII</ref>
: power to continue specified provisions conferred (19.2.2006) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/4">Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Act 2006 (c. 4)</ref>
, ss. {1(3)}, 2(1)(2)
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary C" eId="c19690661">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/11/part/VII">Pt. VII</ref>
: saving (at the end of 31.7.2007 in accordance with art. 1(3)) for effect of
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/6">Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Act 2006 (c. 6)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/6/section/1/2/b">s. 1(2)(b)</ref>
with transitional provisions and savings in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2007/2259">The Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Act 2006 (Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2259)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2007/2259/article/3">arts. 3</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2007/2259/article/5">5</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2007/2259/schedule">Sch.</ref>
</p>
</note>
</notes>
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Part VII
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<heading> Northern Ireland</heading>
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<heading> Scheduled offences</heading>
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<num>65</num>
<heading> Scheduled offence: interpretation.</heading>
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<p>
In this Part “
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” means, subject to any relevant note in Part I or
<abbr class="Acronym" title="3">III</abbr>
of Schedule 9, an offence specified in either of those Parts.
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<p>Part II of that Schedule shall have effect in respect of offences related to those specified in Part I.</p>
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<num>3</num>
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<num>a</num>
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add an offence to Part I or
<abbr class="Acronym" title="2">II</abbr>
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<num>b</num>
<content>
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remove an offence from Part I or
<abbr class="Acronym" title="2">II</abbr>
of that Schedule;
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<content>
<p>
amend Part I or
<abbr class="Acronym" title="2">II</abbr>
of that Schedule in some other way.
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<p>In proceedings before a magistrates’ court for a scheduled offence, if the prosecution requests the court to conduct a preliminary inquiry into the offence the court shall grant the request.</p>
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In subsection (1) “
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Magistrates’ Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981.
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<p>Subsection (1)—</p>
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<p>shall apply notwithstanding anything in Article 31 of that Order,</p>
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<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>shall not apply in respect of an offence where the court considers that in the interests of justice a preliminary investigation should be conducted into the offence under that Order, and</p>
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shall not apply in respect of an extra-territorial offence (as defined in section 1(3) of the
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Criminal Jurisdiction Act 1975)).
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<p>Where a person charged with a scheduled offence is also charged with a non-scheduled offence, the non-scheduled offence shall be treated as a scheduled offence for the purposes of this section.</p>
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<heading> Limitation of power to grant bail.</heading>
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<num>1</num>
<intro>
<p>This section applies to a person who—</p>
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<paragraph eId="section-67-1-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>has attained the age of fourteen, and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-67-1-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>is charged with a scheduled offence which is neither being tried summarily nor certified by the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland as suitable for summary trial.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-67-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>Subject to subsections (6) and (7), a person to whom this section applies shall not be admitted to bail except—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-67-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>by a judge of the High Court or the Court of Appeal, or</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-67-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>by the judge of the court of trial on adjourning the trial of a person charged with a scheduled offence.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-67-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>
<noteRef href="#c16700521" marker="F1" class="commentary F"/>
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-67-4">
<num>4</num>
<content>
<p>
<noteRef href="#c16700521" marker="F1" class="commentary F"/>
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-67-5">
<num>5</num>
<intro>
<p>Without prejudice to any other power to impose conditions on admission to bail, a judge admitting a person to bail under this section may impose such conditions as he considers—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-67-5-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>likely to result in the person’s appearance at the time and place required, or</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-67-5-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>necessary in the interests of justice or for the prevention of crime.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-67-6">
<num>6</num>
<intro>
<p>Subsection (7) applies where a person to whom this section applies is a serving member of—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-67-6-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>any of Her Majesty’s forces, or</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-67-6-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>the Royal Ulster Constabulary or the Royal Ulster Constabulary Reserve.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-67-7">
<num>7</num>
<intro>
<p>Where this subsection applies to a person he may be admitted to bail on condition that he is held in military or police custody if the person granting bail is satisfied that suitable arrangements have been made; and—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-67-7-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>bail on that condition may be granted by a judge or a resident magistrate, and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-67-7-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>it shall be lawful for the person to be held in military or police custody in accordance with the conditions of his bail.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-68" period="#period2">
<num>68</num>
<heading> Bail: legal aid.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-68-1">
<num>1</num>
<intro>
<p>Where it appears to a judge of the High Court or the Court of Appeal—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-68-1-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>that a person charged with a scheduled offence intends to apply to be admitted to bail,</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-68-1-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>that it is desirable in the interests of justice that he should have legal aid, and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-68-1-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>that he has not sufficient means to enable him to obtain that aid,</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<wrapUp>
<p>the judge may assign to him a solicitor and counsel, or counsel only, in the application for bail.</p>
</wrapUp>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-68-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>If on a question of granting a person free legal aid under this section there is a doubt—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-68-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>whether his means are sufficient to enable him to obtain legal aid, or</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-68-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>whether it is desirable in the interests of justice that he should have free legal aid,</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<wrapUp>
<p>the doubt shall be resolved in favour of granting him free legal aid.</p>
</wrapUp>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-68-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>
Articles 32, 36 and 40 of the
<noteRef href="#c11205541" marker="M3" class="commentary M"/>
Legal Aid, Advice and Assistance (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (statements, payments, rules and stamp duty) shall apply in relation to legal aid under this section as they apply in relation to legal aid under Part III of that Order as if legal aid under this section were given in pursuance of a criminal aid certificate under Article 29 of that Order.
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-69" period="#period4">
<num>69</num>
<heading> Maximum period of remand in custody.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-69-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>The period for which a person charged with a scheduled offence may be remanded in custody by a magistrates’ court shall be a period of not more than 28 days beginning with the day following that on which he is remanded.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-69-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>Subsection (1) has effect—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-69-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>
notwithstanding Article 47(2)
<noteRef href="#c16775251" marker="F2" class="commentary F"/>
. . . of the
<noteRef href="#c11205551" marker="M4" class="commentary M"/>
Magistrates’ Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981, and
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-69-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>whether or not a person is also charged with a non-scheduled offence.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-70" period="#period8">
<num>70</num>
<heading> Young persons: custody on remand, &c.</heading>
<content>
<p>
<noteRef href="#c16700731" marker="F3" class="commentary F"/>
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
</p>
</content>
</section>
<section eId="section-71" period="#period8">
<num>71</num>
<heading> Directions under section 70.</heading>
<content>
<p>
<noteRef href="#c16700761" marker="F4" class="commentary F"/>
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
</p>
</content>
</section>
<section eId="section-72" period="#period7">
<num>72</num>
<heading> Time limits for preliminary proceedings.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-72-1">
<num>1</num>
<intro>
<p>The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision, in respect of a specified preliminary stage of proceedings for a scheduled offence, as to the maximum period—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-72-1-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>to be allowed to the prosecution to complete the stage;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-72-1-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>during which the accused may, while awaiting completion of the stage, be in the custody of a magistrates’ court or the Crown Court in relation to the offence.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-72-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>The regulations may, in particular—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-72-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>provide for a specified law about bail to apply in relation to cases to which custody or overall time limits apply (subject to any modifications which the Secretary of State considers it necessary to specify in the regulations);</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-72-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>provide for time limits to cease to have effect in cases where the Attorney General for Northern Ireland certifies after the institution of proceedings that an offence is not to be treated as a scheduled offence;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-72-2-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>make such provision with respect to the procedure to be followed in criminal proceedings as the Secretary of State considers appropriate in consequence of another provision of the regulations;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-72-2-d">
<num>d</num>
<content>
<p>make provision which has effect in relation to a non-scheduled offence where separate counts of an indictment allege a scheduled offence and a non-scheduled offence;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-72-2-e">
<num>e</num>
<content>
<p>enable the Crown Court in specified circumstances to extend or further extend a time limit at any time before it expires.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-72-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>Subject to subsection (4), where an overall time limit expires before the completion of the stage of proceedings to which the limit applies, the accused shall be treated for all purposes as having been acquitted of the offence to which the proceedings relate.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-72-4">
<num>4</num>
<intro>
<p>Regulations under this section which provide for a custody time limit in relation to a preliminary stage shall have no effect where—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-72-4-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>a person escapes from the custody of a magistrates’ court or the Crown Court before the expiry of the custody time limit,</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-72-4-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>a person who has been released on bail in consequence of the expiry of a custody time limit fails to surrender himself into the custody of the court at the appointed time, or</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-72-4-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>a person who has been released on bail in consequence of the expiry of a custody time limit is arrested by a constable in connection with a breach or apprehended breach of a condition of his bail.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-72-5">
<num>5</num>
<content>
<p>If a person escapes from the custody of a magistrates’ court or the Crown Court, the overall time limit which applies to the stage which proceedings relating to the person have reached at the time of the escape shall cease to have effect in relation to those proceedings.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-72-6">
<num>6</num>
<content>
<p>If a person who has been released on bail fails to surrender himself into the custody of the court at the appointed time, the overall time limit which applies to the stage which proceedings relating to the person have reached at the time of the failure shall cease to have effect in relation to those proceedings.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-72-7">
<num>
<ins class="d29p6957 first">
<noteRef href="#c16786591" marker="F5" class="commentary attribute F"/>
7
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p6957 last">Any period during which proceedings for an offence are adjourned pending the determination of an appeal under Part IV of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 (prosecution appeals) shall be disregarded, so far as the offence is concerned, for the purposes of the overall time limit and the custody time limit which applies to the stage which the proceedings have reached when they are adjourned</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-73" period="#period2">
<num>73</num>
<heading> Time limits: supplementary.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-73-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>Where a person is convicted of an offence, the exercise of power conferred by virtue of section 72(2)(e) in relation to proceedings for the offence shall not be called into question on an appeal against the conviction.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-73-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>In the application of section 72 in relation to proceedings on indictment, “preliminary stage” does not include a stage—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-73-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>after the time when the case for the prosecution is opened, or</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-73-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>if the court accepts a plea of guilty before the case for the prosecution is opened, after the plea is accepted.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-73-3">
<num>3</num>
<intro>
<p>In the application of section 72 in relation to summary proceedings, “preliminary stage” does not include a stage—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-73-3-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>after the court begins to hear evidence for the prosecution at the trial,</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-73-3-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>if the court accepts a plea of guilty before it has begun to hear evidence for the prosecution, after the plea is accepted, or</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-73-3-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>
after the court begins to consider whether to exercise its power under Article 44(4) of the
<noteRef href="#c11205581" marker="M5" class="commentary M"/>
Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (power to make hospital order without conviction).
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-73-4">
<num>4</num>
<content>
<p>In this section and section 72—</p>
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<num>a</num>
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Article 37 or 40(4) of the
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Magistrates’ Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (magistrates’ court committing accused for trial), or
</p>
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<item>
<num>b</num>
<p>
section 51(8) of the
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Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (magistrates’ court dealing with a person arrested under Crown Court warrant),
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<p>
<term refersTo="#term-custody-of-a-magistrates-court">custody of a magistrates’ court</term>
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Magistrates’ Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (remand),
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<term refersTo="#term-custody-time-limit">custody time limit</term>
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Magistrates’ Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981,
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<num>b</num>
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<num>c</num>
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</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-73-5">
<num>5</num>
<intro>
<p>For the purposes of the application of a custody time limit in relation to a person who is in the custody of a magistrates’ court or the Crown Court—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-73-5-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>all periods during which he is in the custody of a magistrates’ court in respect of the same offence shall be aggregated and treated as a single continuous period; and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-73-5-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>all periods during which he is in the custody of the Crown Court in respect of the same offence shall be aggregated and treated as a single continuous period.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-74" period="#period9">
<num>74</num>
<heading> Court for trial.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-74-1">
<num>1</num>
<intro>
<p>
A trial on indictment of a scheduled offence shall be held only at the Crown Court sitting in Belfast, unless
<ins class="d29p7132 first last">
<noteRef href="#c16831651" marker="F6" class="commentary attribute F"/>
the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland directs that
</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-74-1-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>
<noteRef href="#c16831681" marker="F7" class="commentary F"/>
. . . the trial, or a class of trials within which it falls, shall be held at the Crown Court sitting elsewhere, or
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-74-1-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>
<noteRef href="#c16831811" marker="F8" class="commentary F"/>
. . . the trial, or part of it, shall be held at the Crown Court sitting elsewhere.
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-74-1A">
<num>
<ins class="d29p7150 first">
<noteRef href="#c16831961" marker="F9" class="commentary attribute F"/>
1A
</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins class="d29p7150">The Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland may nominate any of the following to exercise his functions under subsection (1)—</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-74-1A-a">
<num>
<ins class="d29p7150">a</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p7150">the holder of one of the offices listed in Schedule 1 to the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002;</ins>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-74-1A-b">
<num>
<ins class="d29p7150">b</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p7150 last">a Lord Justice of Appeal (as defined in section 88 of that Act).</ins>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-74-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>A person committed for trial for a scheduled offence, or for two or more offences at least one of which is a scheduled offence, shall be committed—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-74-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>to the Crown Court sitting in Belfast, or</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-74-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>where a direction has been given under subsection (1) which concerns the trial, to the Crown Court sitting at the place specified in the direction;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<wrapUp>
<p>
and section 48 of the
<noteRef href="#c11205631" marker="M10" class="commentary M"/>
Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (committal for trial on indictment) shall have effect accordingly.
</p>
</wrapUp>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-74-3">
<num>3</num>
<intro>
<p>Where—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-74-3-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>a person is committed for trial to the Crown Court sitting in Belfast in accordance with subsection (2), and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-74-3-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>a direction is subsequently given under subsection (1), before the commencement of the trial, altering the place of trial,</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<wrapUp>
<p>the person shall be treated as having been committed for trial to the Crown Court sitting at the place specified in the direction.</p>
</wrapUp>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-75" period="#period2">
<num>75</num>
<heading> Mode of trial on indictment.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-75-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>A trial on indictment of a scheduled offence shall be conducted by the court without a jury.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-75-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>The court trying a scheduled offence on indictment under this section shall have all the powers, authorities and jurisdiction which the court would have had if it had been sitting with a jury (including power to determine any question and to make any finding which would, apart from this section, be required to be determined or made by a jury).</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-75-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>A reference in an enactment to a jury, the verdict of a jury or the finding of a jury shall, in relation to a trial under this section, be construed as a reference to the court, the verdict of the court or the finding of the court.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-75-4">
<num>4</num>
<content>
<p>Where separate counts of an indictment allege a scheduled offence and a non-scheduled offence, the trial on indictment shall be conducted as if all the offences alleged in the indictment were scheduled offences.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-75-5">
<num>5</num>
<content>
<p>
Subsection (4) is without prejudice to section 5 of the
<noteRef href="#c11205641" marker="M11" class="commentary M"/>
Indictments Act (Northern Ireland) 1945 (orders for amendment of indictment, separate trial and postponement of trial).
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-75-6">
<num>6</num>
<intro>
<p>Without prejudice to subsection (2), where the court trying a scheduled offence on indictment—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-75-6-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>is not satisfied that the accused is guilty of the offence, but</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-75-6-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>is satisfied that he is guilty of a non-scheduled offence of which a jury could have found him guilty on a trial for the scheduled offence,</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<wrapUp>
<p>the court may convict him of the non-scheduled offence.</p>
</wrapUp>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-75-7">
<num>7</num>
<content>
<p>Where the court trying a scheduled offence convicts the accused of that or some other offence, it shall give a judgment stating the reasons for the conviction at or as soon as is reasonably practicable after the time of conviction.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-75-8">
<num>8</num>
<intro>
<p>
A person convicted of an offence on a trial under this section without a jury may, notwithstanding anything in sections 1 and 10(1) of the
<noteRef href="#c11205651" marker="M12" class="commentary M"/>
Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1980, appeal to the Court of Appeal under Part I of that Act—
</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-75-8-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>against his conviction, on any ground, without the leave of the Court of Appeal or a certificate of the judge of the court of trial;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-75-8-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>against sentence passed on conviction, without that leave, unless the sentence is fixed by law.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-75-9">
<num>9</num>
<content>
<p>Where a person is convicted of an offence on a trial under this section, the time for giving notice of appeal under section 16(1) of that Act shall run from the date of judgment if later than the date from which it would run under that subsection.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-76" period="#period8">
<num>76</num>
<heading> Admission in trial on indictment.</heading>
<content>
<p>
<noteRef href="#c16834941" marker="F10" class="commentary F"/>
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
</p>
</content>
</section>
<section eId="section-77" period="#period6">
<num>77</num>
<heading> Possession: onus of proof.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-77-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>This section applies to a trial on indictment for a scheduled offence where the accused is charged with possessing an article in such circumstances as to constitute an offence under any of the enactments listed in subsection (3).</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-77-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>If it is proved that the article—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-77-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>was on any premises at the same time as the accused, or</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-77-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>was on premises of which the accused was the occupier or which he habitually used otherwise than as a member of the public,</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<wrapUp>
<p>the court may assume that the accused possessed (and, if relevant, knowingly possessed) the article, unless he proves that he did not know of its presence on the premises or that he had no control over it.</p>
</wrapUp>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-77-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>The following are the offences mentioned in subsection (1)—</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<wrapUp>
<p>
                           
<em>
The
<noteRef href="#c16835181" marker="M13" class="commentary M"/>
Explosive Substances Act 1883
</em>
</p>
<p>Section 3, so far as relating to subsection (1)(b) thereof (possessing explosive with intent to endanger life or cause serious damage to property).</p>
<p>Section 4 (possessing explosive in suspicious circumstances).</p>
<p>
                   
<em>
The
<noteRef href="#c16835191" marker="M14" class="commentary M"/>
Protection of the Person and Property Act (Northern Ireland) 1969
</em>
</p>
<p>Section 2 (possessing petrol bomb, &c. in suspicious circumstances).</p>
<p>
<ins class="substitution d29p7378 first">
<noteRef href="#c16888911" marker="F11" class="commentary attribute F"/>
                  
</ins>
<em>
<ins class="substitution d29p7378">The Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 2004</ins>
</em>
</p>
<p>
<ins class="substitution d29p7378">
Article 45(1)(manufacturing, dealing in or possessing certain weapons,
<abbr title="et cetera" xml:lang="la">etc.</abbr>
).
</ins>
</p>
<p>
<ins class="substitution d29p7378">Article 58(1)(possessing firearm or ammunition with intent to endanger life or cause serious damage to property).</ins>
</p>
<p>
<ins class="substitution d29p7378">Article 59(2)(possessing firearm or imitation firearm at time of committing, or being arrested for, a specified offence).</ins>
</p>
<p>
<ins class="substitution d29p7378">Article 63(1), (2) or (4)(possession of a firearm or ammunition by a person who has been sentenced to imprisonment, &c.).</ins>
</p>
<p>
<ins class="substitution d29p7378 last">Article 64 (possessing firearm or ammunition in suspicious circumstances).</ins>
</p>
</wrapUp>
</section>
<section eId="section-78" period="#period8">
<num>
<noteRef href="#c16844141" marker="F12" class="commentary F"/>
78
</num>
<heading> Children: sentence.</heading>
<content>
<p>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</p>
</content>
</section>
<section eId="section-79" period="#period2">
<num>79</num>
<heading> Restricted remission.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-79-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>The remission granted under prison rules in respect of a sentence of imprisonment passed in Northern Ireland for a scheduled offence shall not, where it is for a term of five years or more, exceed one-third of the term.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-79-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>Where a person is sentenced on the same occasion for two or more scheduled offences to terms which are consecutive, subsection (1) shall apply as if those terms were a single term.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-79-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>Where a person is serving two or more terms which are consecutive but not all subject to subsection (1), the maximum remission granted under prison rules in respect of those terms taken together shall be arrived at by calculating the maximum remission for each term separately and aggregating the result.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-79-4">
<num>4</num>
<content>
<p>
In this section “
<term refersTo="#term-prison-rules">prison rules</term>
” means rules made under section 13 of the
<noteRef href="#c16844191" marker="M15" class="commentary M"/>
Prison Act (Northern Ireland) 1953.
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-79-5">
<num>5</num>
<content>
<p>The Secretary of State may by order substitute a different length of sentence and a different maximum period of remission for those mentioned in subsection (1).</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-79-6">
<num>6</num>
<intro>
<p>This section applies where—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-79-6-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>the scheduled offence is committed while this section is in force,</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-79-6-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>
the offence (being a scheduled offence within the meaning of the
<noteRef href="#c16844201" marker="M16" class="commentary M"/>
Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1996) was committed while section 15 of that Act was in force,
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-79-6-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>
the offence (being a scheduled offence within the meaning of the
<noteRef href="#c16844211" marker="M17" class="commentary M"/>
Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1991) was committed while section 14 of that Act was in force, or
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-79-6-d">
<num>d</num>
<content>
<p>
the offence (being a scheduled offence within the meaning of the
<noteRef href="#c16844221" marker="M18" class="commentary M"/>
Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1978) was committed while section 22 of the
<noteRef href="#c16844251" marker="M19" class="commentary M"/>
Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989 was in force.
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-80" period="#period2">
<num>80</num>
<heading> Conviction during remission.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-80-1">
<num>1</num>
<intro>
<p>This section applies where—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-80-1-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>a person is sentenced to imprisonment or a term of detention in a young offenders centre for a period exceeding one year,</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-80-1-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>he is discharged from prison or the centre in pursuance of prison rules, and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-80-1-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>before his sentence or term would have expired (but for the discharge) he commits, and is convicted on indictment of, a scheduled offence.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-80-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>If the court before which he is convicted of the scheduled offence sentences him to imprisonment or a term of detention it shall in addition order him to be returned to prison or a young offenders centre for the period between the date of the order and the date on which the sentence or term mentioned in subsection (1) would have expired but for his discharge.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-80-3">
<num>3</num>
<intro>
<p>No order shall be made under subsection (2) if the sentence imposed by the court is—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-80-3-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>a suspended sentence,</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-80-3-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>a sentence of life imprisonment, or</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-80-3-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>
a sentence of detention during the Secretary of State’s pleasure under Article 45(1) of the
<noteRef href="#c16845931" marker="M20" class="commentary M"/>
Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998.
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-80-4">
<num>4</num>
<intro>
<p>An order made under subsection (2) shall cease to have effect if an appeal against the scheduled offence results in—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-80-4-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>the acquittal of the person concerned, or</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-80-4-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>the substitution of a sentence other than imprisonment or a term of detention.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-80-5">
<num>5</num>
<intro>
<p>The period for which a person is ordered under this section to be returned to prison or a young offenders centre—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-80-5-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>
shall be taken to be a sentence of imprisonment or term of detention for the purposes of the
<noteRef href="#c16845941" marker="M21" class="commentary M"/>
Prison Act (Northern Ireland) 1953 and for the purposes of the
<noteRef href="#c16845961" marker="M22" class="commentary M"/>
Treatment of Offenders Act (Northern Ireland) 1968 other than section 26(2) (reduction for time spent in custody),
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-80-5-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>shall not be subject to any provision of prison rules for discharge before expiry, and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-80-5-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>shall be served before, and be followed by, the sentence or term imposed for the scheduled offence and be disregarded in determining the appropriate length of that sentence or term.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-80-6">
<num>6</num>
<intro>
<p>For the purposes of this section a certificate purporting to be signed by the governor or deputy governor of a prison or young offenders centre which specifies—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-80-6-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>the date on which a person was discharged from prison or a young offenders centre,</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-80-6-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>the sentence or term which the person was serving at the time of his discharge, the offence in respect of which the sentence or term was imposed and the date on which he was convicted of that offence, and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-80-6-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>the date on which the person would, but for his discharge in pursuance of prison rules, have been discharged from prison or a young offenders centre,</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<wrapUp>
<p>shall be evidence of the matters specified.</p>
</wrapUp>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-80-7">
<num>7</num>
<content>
<p>In this section—</p>
<blockList class="unordered">
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-prison-rules">prison rules</term>
” means rules made under section 13 of the
<noteRef href="#c16847951" marker="M23" class="commentary M"/>
Prison Act (Northern Ireland) 1953,
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>“sentence of imprisonment” does not include a committal in default of payment of any sum of money or for want of sufficient distress to satisfy any sum of money or for failure to do or abstain from doing anything required to be done or left undone, and</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-young-offenders-centre">young offenders centre</term>
” has the meaning assigned to it by section 2(a) of the
<noteRef href="#c16847981" marker="M24" class="commentary M"/>
Treatment of Offenders Act (Northern Ireland) 1968.
</p>
</item>
</blockList>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-80-8">
<num>8</num>
<intro>
<p>For the purposes of subsection (1) consecutive terms of imprisonment or of detention in a young offenders centre shall be treated as a single term and a sentence of imprisonment or detention in a young offenders centre includes—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-80-8-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>a sentence or term passed by a court in the United Kingdom or any of the Islands, and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-80-8-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>
in the case of imprisonment, a sentence passed by a court-martial on a person found guilty of a civil offence within the meaning of the
<noteRef href="#c16847991" marker="M25" class="commentary M"/>
Army Act 1955, the
<noteRef href="#c16848001" marker="M26" class="commentary M"/>
Air Force Act 1955 and the
<noteRef href="#c16849201" marker="M27" class="commentary M"/>
Naval Discipline Act 1957.
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-80-9">
<num>9</num>
<content>
<p>The Secretary of State may by order substitute a different period for the period of one year mentioned in subsection (1).</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-80-10">
<num>10</num>
<intro>
<p>This section applies irrespective of when the discharge from prison or a young offenders centre took place but only if—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-80-10-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>the scheduled offence is committed while this section is in force,</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-80-10-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>
the offence (being a scheduled offence within the meaning of the
<noteRef href="#c16849211" marker="M28" class="commentary M"/>
Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1996) was committed while section 16 of that Act was in force,
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-80-10-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>
the offence (being a scheduled offence within the meaning of the
<noteRef href="#c16849231" marker="M29" class="commentary M"/>
Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1991) was committed while section 15 of that Act was in force, or
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-80-10-d">
<num>d</num>
<content>
<p>
the offence (being a scheduled offence within the meaning of the
<noteRef href="#c16849241" marker="M30" class="commentary M"/>
Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1978) was committed while section 23 of the
<noteRef href="#c16849271" marker="M31" class="commentary M"/>
Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989 was in force.
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="crossheading" eId="part-VII-crossheading-powers-of-arrest-search-c" period="#period2">
<heading> Powers of arrest, search, &c.</heading>
<section eId="section-81" period="#period2">
<num>81</num>
<heading> Arrest of suspected terrorists: power of entry.</heading>
<content>
<p>A constable may enter and search any premises if he reasonably suspects that a terrorist, within the meaning of section 40(1)(b), is to be found there.</p>
</content>
</section>
<section eId="section-82" period="#period2">
<num>82</num>
<heading> Arrest and seizure: constables.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-82-1">
<num>1</num>
<intro>
<p>A constable may arrest without warrant any person if he reasonably suspects that the person is committing, has committed or is about to commit—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-82-1-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>a scheduled offence, or</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-82-1-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>a non-scheduled offence under this Act.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-82-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>For the purpose of arresting a person under this section a constable may enter and search any premises where the person is or where the constable reasonably suspects him to be.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-82-3">
<num>
<noteRef href="#c11205901" marker="C1" class="commentary C"/>
3
</num>
<intro>
<p>A constable may seize and retain anything if he reasonably suspects that it is, has been or is intended to be used in the commission of—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-82-3-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>a scheduled offence, or</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-82-3-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>a non-scheduled offence under this Act.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-83" period="#period2">
<num>83</num>
<heading> Arrest and seizure: armed forces.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-83-1">
<num>1</num>
<intro>
<p>If a member of Her Majesty’s forces on duty reasonably suspects that a person is committing, has committed or is about to commit any offence he may—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-83-1-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>arrest the person without warrant, and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-83-1-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>detain him for a period not exceeding four hours.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-83-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>A person making an arrest under this section complies with any rule of law requiring him to state the ground of arrest if he states that he is making the arrest as a member of Her Majesty’s forces.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-83-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>For the purpose of arresting a person under this section a member of Her Majesty’s forces may enter and search any premises where the person is.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-83-4">
<num>4</num>
<intro>
<p>If a member of Her Majesty’s forces reasonably suspects that a person—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-83-4-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>is a terrorist (within the meaning of Part V), or</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-83-4-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>has committed an offence involving the use or possession of an explosive or firearm,</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<wrapUp>
<p>he may enter and search any premises where he reasonably suspects the person to be for the purpose of arresting him under this section.</p>
</wrapUp>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-83-5">
<num>5</num>
<content>
<p>A member of Her Majesty’s forces may seize, and detain for a period not exceeding four hours, anything which he reasonably suspects is being, has been or is intended to be used in the commission of an offence under section 93 or 94.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-83-6">
<num>6</num>
<content>
<p>
The reference to a rule of law in subsection (2) does not include a rule of law which has effect only by virtue of the
<noteRef href="#c11205911" marker="M32" class="commentary M"/>
Human Rights Act 1998.
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-84" period="#period2">
<num>84</num>
<heading> Munitions and transmitters.</heading>
<content>
<p>Schedule 10 (which confers power to search for munitions and transmitters) shall have effect.</p>
</content>
</section>
<section eId="section-85" period="#period2">
<num>85</num>
<heading> Explosives inspectors.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-85-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>An explosives inspector may enter and search any premises for the purpose of ascertaining whether any explosive is unlawfully there.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-85-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>The power under subsection (1) may not be exercised in relation to a dwelling.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-85-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>An explosives inspector may stop any person in a public place and search him for the purpose of ascertaining whether he has any explosive unlawfully with him.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-85-4">
<num>4</num>
<intro>
<p>An explosives inspector—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-85-4-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>may seize any explosive found in the course of a search under this section unless it appears to him that it is being, has been and will be used only for a lawful purpose, and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-85-4-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>may retain and, if necessary, destroy it.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-85-5">
<num>5</num>
<content>
<p>
In this section “
<term refersTo="#term-explosives-inspector">explosives inspector</term>
” means an inspector appointed under section 53 of the
<noteRef href="#c11205921" marker="M33" class="commentary M"/>
Explosives Act 1875.
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-86" period="#period2">
<num>86</num>
<heading> Unlawfully detained persons.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-86-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>If an officer reasonably believes that a person is unlawfully detained in such circumstances that his life is in danger, the officer may enter any premises for the purpose of ascertaining whether the person is detained there.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-86-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>
In this section “
<term refersTo="#term-officer">officer</term>
” means—
</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-86-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>a member of Her Majesty’s forces on duty, or</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-86-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>a constable.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-86-3">
<num>3</num>
<intro>
<p>A dwelling may be entered under subsection (1) only by—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-86-3-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>a member of Her Majesty’s forces authorised for the purpose by a commissioned officer of those forces, or</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-86-3-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>a constable authorised for the purpose by an officer of the Royal Ulster Constabulary of at least the rank of inspector.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-87" period="#period2">
<num>87</num>
<heading> Examination of documents.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-87-1">
<num>1</num>
<intro>
<p>A member of Her Majesty’s forces or a constable who performs a search under a provision of this Part—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-87-1-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>may examine any document or record found in order to ascertain whether it contains information of the kind mentioned in section 58(1)(a) or 103(1)(a), and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-87-1-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>if necessary or expedient for the purpose of paragraph (a), may remove the document or record to another place and retain it there until the examination is completed.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-87-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>
Subsection (1) shall not permit a person to examine a document or record if he has reasonable cause to believe that it is an item subject to legal privilege (within the meaning of the
<noteRef href="#c11205931" marker="M34" class="commentary M"/>
Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989).
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-87-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>Subject to subsections (4) and (5), a document or record may not be retained by virtue of subsection (1)(b) for more than 48 hours.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-87-4">
<num>4</num>
<content>
<p>An officer of the Royal Ulster Constabulary who is of at least the rank of chief inspector may authorise a constable to retain a document or record for a further period or periods.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-87-5">
<num>5</num>
<content>
<p>Subsection (4) does not permit the retention of a document or record after the end of the period of 96 hours beginning with the time when it was removed for examination under subsection (1)(b).</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-87-6">
<num>6</num>
<content>
<p>A person who wilfully obstructs a member of Her Majesty’s forces or a constable in the exercise of a power conferred by this section commits an offence.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-87-7">
<num>7</num>
<intro>
<p>A person guilty of an offence under subsection (6) shall be liable—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-87-7-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, to a fine or to both, or</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-87-7-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to both.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-88" period="#period2">
<num>88</num>
<heading> Examination of documents: procedure.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-88-1">
<num>1</num>
<intro>
<p>Where a document or record is examined under section 87—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-88-1-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>it shall not be photographed or copied, and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-88-1-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>the person who examines it shall make a written record of the examination as soon as is reasonably practicable.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-88-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>The record shall—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-88-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>describe the document or record,</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-88-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>specify the object of the examination,</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-88-2-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>state the address of the premises where the document or record was found,</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-88-2-d">
<num>d</num>
<content>
<p>where the document or record was found in the course of a search of a person, state the person’s name,</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-88-2-e">
<num>e</num>
<content>
<p>where the document or record was found in the course of a search of any premises, state the name of a person appearing to the person making the record to be the occupier of the premises or to have had custody or control of the document or record when it was found,</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-88-2-f">
<num>f</num>
<content>
<p>where the document or record is removed for examination from the place where it was found, state the date and time when it was removed, and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-88-2-g">
<num>g</num>
<content>
<p>where the document or record was examined at the place where it was found, state the date and time of examination.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-88-3">
<num>3</num>
<intro>
<p>The record shall identify the person by whom the examination was carried out—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-88-3-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>in the case of a constable, by reference to his police number, and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-88-3-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>in the case of a member of Her Majesty’s forces, by reference to his service number, rank and regiment.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-88-4">
<num>4</num>
<intro>
<p>Where a person makes a record of a search in accordance with this section, he shall as soon as is reasonably practicable supply a copy—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-88-4-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>in a case where the document or record was found in the course of a search of a person, to that person, and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-88-4-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>in a case where the document or record was found in the course of a search of any premises, to a person appearing to the person making the record to be the occupier of the premises or to have had custody or control of the document or record when it was found.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-89" period="#period2">
<num>89</num>
<heading> Power to stop and question.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-89-1">
<num>1</num>
<intro>
<p>An officer may stop a person for so long as is necessary to question him to ascertain—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-89-1-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>his identity and movements;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-89-1-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>what he knows about a recent explosion or another recent incident endangering life;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-89-1-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>what he knows about a person killed or injured in a recent explosion or incident.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-89-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>A person commits an offence if he—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-89-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>fails to stop when required to do so under this section,</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-89-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>refuses to answer a question addressed to him under this section, or</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-89-2-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>fails to answer to the best of his knowledge and ability a question addressed to him under this section.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-89-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-89-4">
<num>4</num>
<intro>
<p>
In this section “
<term refersTo="#term-officer">officer</term>
” means—
</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-89-4-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>a member of Her Majesty’s forces on duty, or</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-89-4-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>a constable.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-90" period="#period2">
<num>90</num>
<heading> Power of entry.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-90-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>An officer may enter any premises if he considers it necessary in the course of operations for the preservation of the peace or the maintenance of order.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-90-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>
In this section “
<term refersTo="#term-officer">officer</term>
” means—
</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-90-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>a member of Her Majesty’s forces on duty, or</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-90-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>a constable.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-91" period="#period2">
<num>91</num>
<heading> Taking possession of land, &c.</heading>
<intro>
<p>If the Secretary of State considers it necessary for the preservation of the peace or the maintenance of order, he may authorise a person—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-91-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>to take possession of land or other property;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-91-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>to take steps to place buildings or other structures in a state of defence;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-91-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>to detain property or cause it to be destroyed or moved;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-91-d">
<num>d</num>
<content>
<p>to carry out works on land of which possession has been taken by virtue of this section;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-91-e">
<num>e</num>
<content>
<p>to take any other action which interferes with a public right or with a private right of property.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section eId="section-92" period="#period2">
<num>92</num>
<heading> Road closure: permission.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-92-1">
<num>1</num>
<intro>
<p>If he considers it immediately necessary for the preservation of the peace or the maintenance of order, an officer may—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-92-1-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>wholly or partly close a road;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-92-1-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>divert or otherwise interfere with a road or the use of a road;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-92-1-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>prohibit or restrict the exercise of a right of way;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-92-1-d">
<num>d</num>
<content>
<p>prohibit or restrict the use of a waterway.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-92-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>
In this section “
<term refersTo="#term-officer">officer</term>
” means—
</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-92-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>a member of Her Majesty’s forces on duty,</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-92-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>a constable, or</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-92-2-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>a person authorised for the purposes of this section by the Secretary of State.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-93" period="#period2">
<num>
<noteRef href="#c16834961" marker="C2" class="commentary C"/>
93
</num>
<heading> Sections 91 and 92: supplementary.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-93-1">
<num>1</num>
<intro>
<p>A person commits an offence if he interferes with—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-93-1-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>works executed in connection with the exercise of powers conferred by virtue of section 91 or 92, or</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-93-1-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>any apparatus, equipment or other thing used in connection with the exercise of those powers.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-93-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under this section to prove that he had a reasonable excuse for his interference.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-93-3">
<num>3</num>
<intro>
<p>A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on summary conviction to—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-93-3-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months,</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-93-3-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-93-3-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>both.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-93-4">
<num>4</num>
<intro>
<p>An authorisation to exercise powers under section 91 or 92 may authorise—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-93-4-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>the exercise of all those powers, or</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-93-4-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>the exercise of a specified power or class of powers.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-93-5">
<num>5</num>
<intro>
<p>An authorisation to exercise powers under section 91 or 92 may be addressed—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-93-5-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>to specified persons, or</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-93-5-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>to persons of a specified class.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-94" period="#period2">
<num>94</num>
<heading> Road closure: direction.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-94-1">
<num>1</num>
<intro>
<p>If the Secretary of State considers it necessary for the preservation of the peace or the maintenance of order he may by order direct that a specified road—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-94-1-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>shall be wholly closed,</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-94-1-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>shall be closed to a specified extent, or</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-94-1-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>shall be diverted in a specified manner.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-94-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>A person commits an offence if he interferes with—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-94-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>road closure works, or</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-94-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>road closure equipment.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-94-3">
<num>3</num>
<intro>
<p>A person commits an offence if—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-94-3-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>he executes any bypass works within 200 metres of road closure works,</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-94-3-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>he has in his possession or under his control, within 200 metres of road closure works, materials or equipment suitable for executing bypass works, or</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-94-3-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>he knowingly permits on land occupied by him the doing or occurrence of anything which is an offence under paragraph (a) or (b).</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-94-4">
<num>4</num>
<content>
<p>It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under this section to prove that he had a reasonable excuse for his action, possession, control or permission.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-94-5">
<num>5</num>
<intro>
<p>A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on summary conviction to—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-94-5-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months,</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-94-5-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-94-5-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>both.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-94-6">
<num>6</num>
<content>
<p>In this section—</p>
<blockList class="unordered">
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-bypass-works">bypass works</term>
” means works which facilitate the bypassing by vehicles of road closure works,
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-road-closure-equipment">road closure equipment</term>
” means any apparatus, equipment or other thing used in pursuance of an order under this section in connection with the closure or diversion of a road, and
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-road-closure-works">road closure works</term>
” means works executed in connection with the closure or diversion of a road specified in an order under this section (whether executed in pursuance of the order or in pursuance of power under an enactment to close or divert the road).
</p>
</item>
</blockList>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-95" period="#period2">
<num>95</num>
<heading> Sections 81 to 94: supplementary.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-95-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>This section applies in relation to sections 81 to 94.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-95-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>A power to enter premises may be exercised by reasonable force if necessary.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-95-3">
<num>3</num>
<intro>
<p>A power to search premises shall, in its application to vehicles (by virtue of section 121), be taken to include—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-95-3-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>power to stop a vehicle (other than an aircraft which is airborne), and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-95-3-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>power to take a vehicle or cause it to be taken, where necessary or expedient, to any place for the purpose of carrying out the search.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-95-4">
<num>4</num>
<content>
<p>A person commits an offence if he fails to stop a vehicle when required to do so by virtue of this section.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-95-5">
<num>5</num>
<intro>
<p>A person guilty of an offence under subsection (4) shall be liable on summary conviction to—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-95-5-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months,</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-95-5-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-95-5-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>both.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-95-6">
<num>6</num>
<intro>
<p>In the application to a place or vehicle (by virtue of section 121) of a power to search premises—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-95-6-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>a reference to the address of the premises shall be construed as a reference to the location of the place or vehicle together with its registration number (if any), and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-95-6-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>a reference to the occupier of the premises shall be construed as a reference to the occupier of the place or the person in charge of the vehicle.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-95-7">
<num>7</num>
<intro>
<p>Where a search is carried out under Schedule 10 in relation to a vehicle (by virtue of section 121), the person carrying out the search may, if he reasonably believes that it is necessary in order to carry out the search or to prevent it from being frustrated—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-95-7-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>require a person in or on the vehicle to remain with it;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-95-7-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>require a person in or on the vehicle to go to and remain at any place to which the vehicle is taken by virtue of subsection (3)(b);</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-95-7-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>use reasonable force to secure compliance with a requirement under paragraph (a) or (b) above.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-95-8">
<num>8</num>
<content>
<p>Paragraphs 4(2) and (3), 8 and 9 of Schedule 10 shall apply to a requirement imposed under subsection (7) as they apply to a requirement imposed under that Schedule.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-95-9">
<num>9</num>
<content>
<p>Paragraph 8 of Schedule 10 shall apply in relation to the search of a vehicle which is not habitually stationary only if it is moved for the purpose of the search by virtue of subsection (3)(b); and where that paragraph does apply, the reference to the address of the premises shall be construed as a reference to the location where the vehicle is searched together with its registration number (if any).</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-95-10">
<num>10</num>
<content>
<p>A member of Her Majesty’s forces exercising any power when he is not in uniform shall, if requested to do so by any person at or about the time of exercising the power, produce to that person documentary evidence that he is a member of Her Majesty’s Forces.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="crossheading" eId="part-VII-crossheading-miscellaneous" period="#period2">
<heading> Miscellaneous</heading>
<section eId="section-96" period="#period2">
<num>96</num>
<heading> Preservation of the peace: regulations.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-96-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision for promoting the preservation of the peace and the maintenance of order.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-96-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>The regulations may authorise the Secretary of State to make orders or give directions for specified purposes.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-96-3">
<num>3</num>
<intro>
<p>A person commits an offence if he contravenes or fails to comply with—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-96-3-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>regulations under this section, or</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-96-3-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>an order or direction made or given under regulations made under this section.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-96-4">
<num>4</num>
<intro>
<p>A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on summary conviction to—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-96-4-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months,</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-96-4-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-96-4-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>both.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-97" period="#period8">
<num>97</num>
<heading> Port and border controls.</heading>
<content>
<p>
<noteRef href="#c16683561" marker="F13" class="commentary F"/>
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
</p>
</content>
</section>
<section eId="section-98" period="#period2">
<num>98</num>
<heading> Independent Assessor of Military Complaints Procedures.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-98-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>The Secretary of State may appoint a person to be known as the Independent Assessor of Military Complaints Procedures in Northern Ireland.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-98-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>A person may be appointed as the Independent Assessor only if—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-98-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>he is not a serving member of Her Majesty’s forces, and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-98-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>he has not been a serving member at any time during the period of 20 years ending with the date of the appointment.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-98-3">
<num>3</num>
<intro>
<p>The Independent Assessor—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-98-3-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>shall keep under review the procedures adopted by the General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland for receiving, investigating and responding to complaints to which this section applies,</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-98-3-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>shall receive and investigate any representations about those procedures,</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-98-3-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>may investigate the operation of those procedures in relation to a particular complaint or class of complaints,</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-98-3-d">
<num>d</num>
<content>
<p>may require the General Officer Commanding to review a particular case or class of cases in which the Independent Assessor considers that any of those procedures have operated inadequately, and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-98-3-e">
<num>e</num>
<content>
<p>may make recommendations to the General Officer Commanding about inadequacies in those procedures, including inadequacies in the way in which they operate in relation to a particular complaint or class of complaints.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-98-4">
<num>4</num>
<intro>
<p>This section applies to complaints about the behaviour of a member of Her Majesty’s forces under the command of the General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland, other than—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-98-4-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>a complaint which is referred by the General Officer Commanding to the Royal Ulster Constabulary and which is not remitted by the Royal Ulster Constabulary to the General Officer Commanding to be dealt with by him,</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-98-4-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>a complaint about a matter in respect of which a claim for compensation has been made under Schedule 12, and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-98-4-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>a complaint about a matter which is the subject of proceedings involving a claim for compensation which have been instituted in a court.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-98-5">
<num>5</num>
<intro>
<p>The General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland shall—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-98-5-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>provide such information,</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-98-5-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>disclose such documents, and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-98-5-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>provide such assistance,</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<wrapUp>
<p>as the Independent Assessor may reasonably require for the purpose of the performance of his functions.</p>
</wrapUp>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-98-6">
<num>6</num>
<content>
<p>Schedule 11 (which makes supplementary provision about the Independent Assessor) shall have effect.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-99" period="#period1">
<num>99</num>
<heading> Police and army powers: code of practice.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-99-1">
<num>1</num>
<intro>
<p>The Secretary of State may make codes of practice in connection with—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-99-1-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>the exercise by police officers of any power conferred by this Act, and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-99-1-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>the seizure and retention of property found by police officers when exercising powers of search conferred by any provision of this Act.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-99-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>The Secretary of State may make codes of practice in connection with the exercise by members of Her Majesty’s forces of powers by virtue of this Part.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-99-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>
In this section “
<term refersTo="#term-police-officer">police officer</term>
” means a member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary or the Royal Ulster Constabulary Reserve.
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-100" period="#period8">
<num>100</num>
<heading> Video recording: code of practice.</heading>
<content>
<p>
<noteRef href="#c16834951" marker="F14" class="commentary F"/>
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
</p>
</content>
</section>
<section eId="section-101" period="#period8">
<num>
<noteRef href="#c11206011" marker="I1" class="commentary I"/>
101
</num>
<heading> Codes of practice: supplementary.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-101-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>
This section applies to a code of practice under section 99
<noteRef href="#c16700891" marker="F15" class="commentary F"/>
. . . .
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-101-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>Where the Secretary of State proposes to issue a code of practice he shall—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-101-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>publish a draft,</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-101-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>consider any representations made to him about the draft, and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-101-2-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>if he thinks it appropriate, modify the draft in the light of any representations made to him.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-101-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>The Secretary of State shall lay a draft of the code before Parliament.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-101-4">
<num>4</num>
<content>
<p>When the Secretary of State has laid a draft code before Parliament he may bring it into operation by order.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-101-5">
<num>5</num>
<content>
<p>The Secretary of State may revise the whole or any part of a code of practice issued by him and issue the code as revised; and subsections (2) to (4) shall apply to such a revised code as they apply to an original code.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-101-5A">
<num>
<ins class="d29p9056 first">
<noteRef href="#c16700831" marker="F16" class="commentary attribute F"/>
5A
</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins class="d29p9056">A person on whom powers are conferred or duties are imposed by a designation under section 30 or 31 of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2003 shall have regard to any relevant provision of a code of practice to which this section applies in—</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-101-5A-a">
<num>
<ins class="d29p9056">a</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p9056">the exercise of the powers conferred on him by the designation;</ins>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-101-5A-b">
<num>
<ins class="d29p9056">b</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p9056 last">the performance of the duties imposed on him by the designation.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-101-6">
<num>6</num>
<content>
<p>A failure by a police officer to comply with a provision of a code shall not of itself make him liable to criminal or civil proceedings.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-101-7">
<num>7</num>
<intro>
<p>A failure by a member of Her Majesty’s forces to comply with a provision of a code shall not of itself make him liable to any criminal or civil proceedings other than—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-101-7-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>
proceedings under any provision of the
<noteRef href="#c11206021" marker="M35" class="commentary M"/>
Army Act 1955 or the
<noteRef href="#c11206031" marker="M36" class="commentary M"/>
Air Force Act 1955 other than section 70 (civil offences), and
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-101-7-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>
proceedings under any provision of the
<noteRef href="#c11206041" marker="M37" class="commentary M"/>
Naval Discipline Act 1957 other than section 42 (civil offences).
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-101-7A">
<num>
<ins class="d29p9106 first">
<noteRef href="#c16700851" marker="F17" class="commentary attribute F"/>
7A
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p9106 last">A failure by a person designated under section 30 or 31 of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2003 to comply with subsection (5A) shall not of itself make him liable to criminal or civil proceedings.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-101-8">
<num>8</num>
<intro>
<p>A code—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-101-8-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>shall be admissible in evidence in criminal or civil proceedings, and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-101-8-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>shall be taken into account by a court or tribunal in any case in which it appears to the court or tribunal to be relevant.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-101-9">
<num>9</num>
<content>
<p>In this section—</p>
<blockList class="unordered">
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-criminal-proceedings">criminal proceedings</term>
” includes proceedings in Northern Ireland before a court-martial constituted under the
<noteRef href="#c11206051" marker="M38" class="commentary M"/>
Army Act 1955, the
<noteRef href="#c11206061" marker="M39" class="commentary M"/>
Air Force Act 1955 or the
<noteRef href="#c11206071" marker="M40" class="commentary M"/>
Naval Discipline Act 1957
<noteRef href="#c11206081" marker="F18" class="commentary F"/>
. . . and proceedings in Northern Ireland before the Courts-Martial Appeal Court, and
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-police-officer">police officer</term>
” means a member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary or the Royal Ulster Constabulary Reserve.
</p>
</item>
</blockList>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-102" period="#period2">
<num>102</num>
<heading> Compensation.</heading>
<content>
<p>Schedule 12 (which provides for compensation to be paid for certain action taken under this Part) shall have effect.</p>
</content>
</section>
<section eId="section-103" period="#period5">
<num>103</num>
<heading> Terrorist information.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-103-1">
<num>1</num>
<intro>
<p>A person commits an offence if—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-103-1-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>he collects, makes a record of, publishes, communicates or attempts to elicit information about a person to whom this section applies which is of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism, or</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-103-1-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>he possesses a document or record containing information of that kind.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-103-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>This section applies to a person who is or has been—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-103-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>a constable,</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-103-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>a member of Her Majesty’s Forces,</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-103-2-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>the holder of a judicial office,</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-103-2-d">
<num>d</num>
<content>
<p>an officer of any court, or</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-103-2-e">
<num>e</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="substitution d29p9233 first last">
<noteRef href="#c16787551" marker="F19" class="commentary attribute F"/>
employed in
</ins>
the prison service in Northern Ireland.
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-103-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>
In this section “
<term refersTo="#term-record">record</term>
” includes a photographic or electronic record.
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-103-4">
<num>4</num>
<intro>
<p>If it is proved in proceedings for an offence under subsection (1)(b) that a document or record—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-103-4-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>was on any premises at the same time as the accused, or</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-103-4-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>was on premises of which the accused was the occupier or which he habitually used otherwise than as a member of the public,</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<wrapUp>
<p>the court may assume that the accused possessed the document or record, unless he proves that he did not know of its presence on the premises or that he had no control over it.</p>
</wrapUp>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-103-5">
<num>5</num>
<content>
<p>It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under this section to prove that he had a reasonable excuse for his action or possession.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-103-6">
<num>6</num>
<intro>
<p>A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-103-6-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years, to a fine or to both, or</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-103-6-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to both.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-103-7">
<num>7</num>
<content>
<p>A court by or before which a person is convicted of an offence under this section may order the forfeiture of any document or record containing information of the kind mentioned in subsection (1)(a).</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-103-8">
<num>8</num>
<content>
<p>Before making an order under subsection (7) a court must give an opportunity to be heard to any person, other than the convicted person, who claims to be the owner of or otherwise interested in anything which can be forfeited under that subsection.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-103-9">
<num>9</num>
<content>
<p>An order under subsection (8) shall not come into force until there is no further possibility of it being varied, or set aside, on appeal (disregarding any power of a court to grant leave to appeal out of time).</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-104" period="#period2">
<num>104</num>
<heading> Police powers: records.</heading>
<intro>
<p>The Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary shall make arrangements for securing that a record is made of each exercise by a constable of a power under this Part in so far as—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-104-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>it is reasonably practicable to do so, and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-104-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>a record is not required to be made under another enactment.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section eId="section-105" period="#period2">
<num>105</num>
<heading> Powers.</heading>
<intro>
<p>A power conferred on a person by virtue of this Part—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-105-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>is additional to powers which he has at common law or by virtue of any other enactment, and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-105-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>shall not be taken to affect those powers or Her Majesty’s prerogative.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section eId="section-106" period="#period2">
<num>106</num>
<heading> Private security services.</heading>
<content>
<p>Schedule 13 (private security services) shall have effect.</p>
</content>
</section>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="crossheading" eId="part-VII-crossheading-specified-organisations" period="#period2">
<heading> Specified organisations</heading>
<section eId="section-107" period="#period2">
<num>107</num>
<heading> Specified organisations: interpretation.</heading>
<intro>
<p>For the purposes of sections 108 to 111 an organisation is specified at a particular time if at that time—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-107-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>
it is specified under section 3(8) of the
<noteRef href="#c11206091" marker="M41" class="commentary M"/>
Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998, and
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-107-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>it is, or forms part of, an organisation which is proscribed for the purposes of this Act.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section eId="section-108" period="#period2">
<num>108</num>
<heading> Evidence.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-108-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>This section applies where a person is charged with an offence under section 11.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-108-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>Subsection (3) applies where a police officer of at least the rank of superintendent states in oral evidence that in his opinion the accused—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-108-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>belongs to an organisation which is specified, or</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-108-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>belonged to an organisation at a time when it was specified.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-108-3">
<num>3</num>
<intro>
<p>Where this subsection applies—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-108-3-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>the statement shall be admissible as evidence of the matter stated, but</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-108-3-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>the accused shall not be committed for trial, be found to have a case to answer or be convicted solely on the basis of the statement.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-108-4">
<num>4</num>
<intro>
<p>
In this section “
<term refersTo="#term-police-officer">police officer</term>
” means a member of—
</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-108-4-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>
a police force within the meaning of the
<noteRef href="#c11206101" marker="M42" class="commentary M"/>
Police Act 1996 or the
<noteRef href="#c11206111" marker="M43" class="commentary M"/>
Police (Scotland) Act 1967, or
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-108-4-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>the Royal Ulster Constabulary.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-109" period="#period2">
<num>109</num>
<heading> Inferences.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-109-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>This section applies where a person is charged with an offence under section 11.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-109-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>Subsection (4) applies where evidence is given that—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-109-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>at any time before being charged with the offence the accused, on being questioned under caution by a constable, failed to mention a fact which is material to the offence and which he could reasonably be expected to mention, and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-109-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>before being questioned the accused was permitted to consult a solicitor.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-109-3">
<num>3</num>
<intro>
<p>Subsection (4) also applies where evidence is given that—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-109-3-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>on being charged with the offence or informed by a constable that he might be prosecuted for it the accused failed to mention a fact which is material to the offence and which he could reasonably be expected to mention, and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-109-3-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>before being charged or informed the accused was permitted to consult a solicitor.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-109-4">
<num>4</num>
<intro>
<p>Where this subsection applies—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-109-4-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>the court, in considering any question whether the accused belongs or belonged at a particular time to a specified organisation, may draw from the failure inferences relating to that question, but</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-109-4-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>the accused shall not be committed for trial, be found to have a case to answer or be convicted solely on the basis of the inferences.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-109-5">
<num>5</num>
<content>
<p>Subject to any directions by the court, evidence tending to establish the failure may be given before or after evidence tending to establish the fact which the accused is alleged to have failed to mention.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-110" period="#period2">
<num>110</num>
<heading> Sections 108 and 109: supplementary.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-110-1">
<num>1</num>
<intro>
<p>Nothing in section 108 or 109 shall—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-110-1-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>prejudice the admissibility of evidence admissible apart from that section,</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-110-1-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>preclude the drawing of inferences which could be drawn apart from that section, or</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-110-1-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>prejudice an enactment providing (in whatever words) that an answer or evidence given by a person in specified circumstances is not admissible in evidence against him or some other person in any proceedings or class of proceedings (however described, and whether civil or criminal).</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-110-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>In subsection (1)(c) the reference to giving evidence is a reference to giving it in any manner (whether by giving information, making discovery, producing documents or otherwise).</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-111" period="#period2">
<num>111</num>
<heading> Forfeiture orders.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-111-1">
<num>1</num>
<intro>
<p>This section applies if—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-111-1-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>a person is convicted of an offence under section 11 or 12, and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-111-1-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>at the time of the offence he belonged to an organisation which was a specified organisation.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-111-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>The court by or before which the person is convicted may order the forfeiture of any money or other property if—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-111-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>he had it in his possession or under his control at the time of the offence, and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-111-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>it has been used in connection with the activities of the specified organisation or the court believes that it may be used in that connection unless it is forfeited.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-111-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>Before making an order under this section the court must give an opportunity to be heard to any person, other than the convicted person, who claims to be the owner of or otherwise interested in anything which can be forfeited under this section.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-111-4">
<num>4</num>
<content>
<p>A question arising as to whether subsection (1)(b) or (2)(a) or (b) is satisfied shall be determined on the balance of probabilities.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-111-5">
<num>5</num>
<content>
<p>Schedule 4 shall apply (with the necessary modifications) in relation to orders under this section as it applies in relation to orders made under section 23.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="crossheading" eId="part-VII-crossheading-duration-of-part-vii" period="#period2">
<heading> Duration of Part VII</heading>
<section eId="section-112" period="#period8">
<num>112</num>
<heading> Expiry and revival.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-112-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>
<noteRef href="#c16834981" marker="F20" class="commentary F"/>
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-112-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>The Secretary of State may by order provide—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-112-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>
<noteRef href="#c16834981" marker="F20" class="commentary F"/>
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-112-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>that a provision of this Part shall cease to have effect;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-112-2-c">
<num>
<noteRef href="#c16835011" marker="C3" class="commentary C"/>
<noteRef href="#c16835051" marker="C4" class="commentary C"/>
c
</num>
<content>
<p>
that a provision of this Part which is not in force (whether or not by virtue of this subsection) shall come into force and remain in force for a specified period not exceeding twelve months
<ins class="d29p9686 first last">
<noteRef href="#c16835031" marker="F21" class="commentary attribute F"/>
and ending before 1st August 2007
</ins>
.
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-112-3">
<num>3</num>
<intro>
<p>An order under subsection (2) may make provision with respect to a provision of this Part—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-112-3-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>generally,</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-112-3-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>only in so far as it concerns powers of members of Her Majesty’s Forces, or</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-112-3-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>except in so far as it concerns powers of members of Her Majesty’s Forces.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-112-4">
<num>4</num>
<content>
<p>
<noteRef href="#c16834981" marker="F20" class="commentary F"/>
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-112-5">
<num>
<ins class="substitution d29p9721 first">
<noteRef href="#c16835071" marker="F22" class="commentary attribute F"/>
5
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="substitution d29p9721 last">Paragraph 37 of Schedule 4 to this Act shall be treated for the purposes of this section as forming part of this Part of this Act.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-113" period="#period2">
<num>
<noteRef href="#c16835111" marker="C5" class="commentary C"/>
113
</num>
<heading> Transitional provisions.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-113-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>Where a provision of sections 74 to 77 comes into force by virtue of an order under section 112(2), that shall not affect a trial on indictment where the indictment has been presented before the provision comes into force.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-113-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>Where a provision of sections 74 to 77 ceases to have effect (whether or not by virtue of an order under section 112(2)), that shall not affect the application of the provision to a trial on indictment where the indictment has been presented before the provision ceases to have effect.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-113-3">
<num>3</num>
<intro>
<p>If when section 74(1) comes into force by virtue of an order under section 112(2) a person has been committed for trial for a scheduled offence and the indictment has not been presented, then on the coming into force of section 74(1) he shall, if he was committed to the Crown Court sitting elsewhere than in Belfast, be treated as having been committed—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-113-3-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>to the Crown Court sitting in Belfast, or</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-113-3-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>where a direction is given under section 74(1) which affects the trial, to the Crown Court sitting at the place specified in the direction.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-113-4">
<num>4</num>
<intro>
<p>Where section 74 ceases to have effect (whether or not by virtue of an order under section 112(2)), that shall not affect—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-113-4-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>the committal of a person for trial in accordance with that provision to the Crown Court sitting either in Belfast or elsewhere, or</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-113-4-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>the committal of a person for trial which, in accordance with that provision, has taken effect as a committal for trial to the Crown Court sitting elsewhere than in Belfast,</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<wrapUp>
<p>in a case where the indictment has not been presented.</p>
</wrapUp>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-113-5">
<num>5</num>
<content>
<p>Where section 79 or 80 ceases to have effect (whether or not by virtue of an order under section 112(2)), that shall not affect the operation of the section in relation to an offence committed while it, or a corresponding earlier enactment, was in force.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-113-6">
<num>6</num>
<content>
<p>Sections 108 and 109 shall not apply to a statement made or failure occurring before 4th September 1998.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-113-7">
<num>7</num>
<content>
<p>Where section 108 or 109 comes into force by virtue of an order under section 112(2) it shall not apply to a statement made or failure occurring while the section was not in force.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-113-8">
<num>8</num>
<content>
<p>Section 111 applies where an offence is committed on or after 4th September 1998; and for this purpose an offence committed over a period of more than one day or at some time during a period of more than one day shall be taken to be committed on the last of the days in the period.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-113-9">
<num>9</num>
<content>
<p>Paragraph 19 of Schedule 9 shall have effect only in relation to an offence alleged to have been committed after the coming into force of that Schedule.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
</hcontainer>
</part>
</portionBody>
</portion>
</akomaNtoso>