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Police Reform Act 2002

Police Reform Act 2002

2002 CHAPTER 30

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Schedule 6: Specific offences which are arrestable offences

Section 73: Interim orders for sex offenders: Northern Ireland

379.This section introduces interim sex offender orders in Northern Ireland through a new Article 6A in the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1998. They mirror the provisions for interim sex offender orders in England and Wales in section 68. Interim sex offender orders in Scotland were provided for in the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (section 20(4)(a)).

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