The Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 1989

Statutory Instruments

1989 No. 510

NORTHERN IRELAND

The Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 1989

Made

16th March 1989

Coming into force

22nd March 1989

Whereas a draft of these Regulations has been approved by resolution of each House of Parliament;

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred upon me by section 27(1) of the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1978(1), I hereby make the following Regulations:

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 1989 and shall come into force on 22nd March 1989.

2.  The Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Regulations 1978(2) shall be amended as follows:

(a) for regulation 4 (funerals) there shall be substituted—

“4.   Where it appears to an officer of the Royal Ulster Constabulary not below the rank of chief inspector that a funeral may—

(a) occasion a breach of the peace or serious public disorder, or

(b) cause undue demands to be made on Her Majesty’s forces or the police,

he may, where it appears to him to be necessary for the preservation of public order, give directions requiring persons taking part in the funeral to travel in vehicles.”; and

(b) regulation 5 (closing of licensed premises, clubs etc.) shall be deleted.Northern Ireland Office

Tom King

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

16th March 1989

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Regulations 1978 by removing the Secretary of State’s power to order the closure of licensed premises, clubs etc. and by confining the power of the Royal Ulster Constabulary in relation to funerals to directions that those taking part in a funeral must travel in vehicles.

(1)

1978 c. 5.

(2)

The Regulations are contained in Schedule 3 to the 1978 Act.