Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Order.)
Under section 73 of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 (“the 2000 Act”) lay visitors may only visit a place of detention designated by the Secretary of State under paragraph 1 of Schedule 8 to the Terrorism Act 2000 if it has been designated by Order as a place they may visit.
This Order designates that part of Grosvenor Road Police Station that is for the time being designated by the Secretary of State to hold terrorist suspects, under paragraph 1 of Schedule 8 to the Terrorism Act 2000, as a place of detention that may be visited by lay visitors.
This Order revokes the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 (Designated Places of Detention) Order 2004 (S.R. 2004 No. 221).