Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) (Amendment) Act 1975

1. Introductory Text

2. Trial of certain offences, etc.

   1. 1. Admissibility of written statements made outside Northern Ireland

   2. 2. Preliminary enquiry into scheduled offences

   3. 3. Trial of scheduled and non-scheduled offences together

   4. 4. Removal of certain limitations on power to grant bail

   5. 5. Legal aid to applicants for bail

   6. 6. Court of trial for scheduled offences

   7. 7. Repeal of s. 5 of principal Act

   8. 8. Exclusion of summary proceedings from ss. 6 and 7 of principal Act

3. Powers of detention, search, seizure, etc.

   1. 9. Detention of terrorists, etc.

   2. 10. Power to stop and question

   3. 11. Power to search for radio transmitters

4. Offences against public security and public order

   1. 12. Invitations to join, or carry out directions given by, proscribed organisation

   2. 13. Extension of classes of information in s. 20 of principal Act

   3. 14. Riotous and disorderly behaviour

   4. 15. Training in making or use of firearms, explosives or explosive substances

   5. 16. Wearing of hoods, etc. in public places

5. Miscellaneous and general

   1. 17. Prosecutions

   2. 18. Amendments to list of scheduled offences

   3. 19. Expenses

   4. 20. Interpretation, etc.

   5. 21. Commencement, duration, expiry and revival of certain provisions

   6. 22. Consequential amendments

   7. 23. Short title, repeals and extent

6. SCHEDULES

   1. SCHEDULE 1

      1. PART I Detention of Terrorists

         1. Advisers

            1. 1. The Secretary of State shall for the purposes of this...

            2. 2. An Adviser shall be a person who holds or has...

            3. 3. (1) An Adviser shall hold and vacate his office in...

         2. Interim Custody Orders

            1. 4. (1) Where it appears to the Secretary of State that...

            2. 5. (1) The Secretary of State may, at any time before...

         3. Reference to an Adviser

            1. 6. (1) As soon as possible after a case is referred...

            2. 7. (1) Where the case of a person detained under an...

         4. Detention Orders

            1. 8. (1) After receiving a report made by an Adviser under...

         5. Supplemental

            1. 9. (1) The Secretary of State may at any time refer...

            2. 10. (1) The Secretary of State may, as respects a person...

            3. 11. (1) A person required to be detained under an interim...

            4. 12. Where a person required to be detained under an interim...

            5. 13. Any person who— (a) being detained under an interim custody...

            6. 14. (1) Any document purporting to be an order, notice or...

            7. 15. The Secretary of State may make such payments to persons...

      2. PART II Transitional Provisions

         1. 16. (1) Any interim custody order or detention order made under...

   2. SCHEDULE 2

      Amendments of Part I of Schedule 4 to the Principal Act

      1. 1. Part I of Schedule 4 to the principal Act shall...

      2. 2. After paragraph 4B (inserted by paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 2...

      3. 3. In paragraph 5 (malicious damage) after sub-paragraph (o) (inserted by...

      4. 4. In paragraph 6 (offences against the person) before sub-paragraph (a)...

      5. 5. After paragraph 7 insert— Prison Act (Northern Ireland) 1953 Offences under the following provisions of the Prison Act (Northern...

      6. 6. In paragraph 9 (firearms)— in sub-paragraph (a) for " 1...

      7. 7. After paragraph 12 insert— Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) (Amendment) Act...

      8. 8. In Note 1, for the words "Neither murder nor manslaughter...

      9. 9. After Note 1 insert— An offence under section 51 of the Malicious Damage Act...

      10. 10. In Note 2— (a) for " 18, 20 or 47...

      11. 11. For Note 3 substitute— An offence under section 17 of the Firearms Act (Northern...

      12. 12. In Note 4, for the words from " offensive weapon"...

   3. SCHEDULE 3

      Enactments Repealed