The Terrorism Act 2000 (Enforcement in Different Parts of the United Kingdom) Order 2018

English or Welsh Disclosure Orders

17.—(1) Paragraphs (2) to (5) apply where an English or Welsh appropriate officer gives a notice under an English or Welsh disclosure order which requires a person in Northern Ireland to—

(a) answer questions in Northern Ireland; or

(b) provide information or produce documents in Northern Ireland.

(2) Paragraph 9(3) of Schedule 5A (disclosure orders) has effect with the modification that for “an appropriate officer” there is substituted “whichever of an English or Welsh appropriate officer, a Northern Ireland appropriate officer or an English or Welsh appropriate officer and Northern Ireland appropriate officer acting together the order specifies”.

(3) Proceedings for an offence under paragraph 11 of Schedule 5A (offences) may be brought in Northern Ireland.

(4) Paragraph 12 of Schedule 5A (statements) applies in relation to criminal proceedings brought in Northern Ireland, as well as criminal proceedings brought in England and Wales.

(5) Paragraph 13 of Schedule 5A (further provisions) applies as if the order were a Northern Ireland disclosure order.

(6) Paragraph (7) applies where an English or Welsh appropriate officer gives a notice under an English or Welsh disclosure order which requires a person in Northern Ireland to—

(a) answer questions in England or Wales; or

(b) provide information or produce documents in England or Wales.

(7) Proceedings for an offence under paragraph 11 of Schedule 5A (offences) may be brought in Northern Ireland as well as in England and Wales.