Northern Ireland Act 1998

9 The following matters—

(a) the criminal law;

(b) the creation of offences and penalties;

(c) the prevention and detection of crime and powers of arrest and detention in connection with crime or criminal proceedings;

(d) prosecutions;

(e) the treatment of offenders (including children and young persons, and mental health patients, involved in crime);

(f) the surrender of fugitive offenders between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland;

(g) compensation out of public funds for victims of crime.

Sub-paragraphs (a) to (c) do not include any matter within paragraph 17 of Schedule 2.

Sub-paragraph (e) includes, in particular, prisons and other institutions for the treatment or detention of persons mentioned in that sub-paragraph.