The Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Act 2006 (Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2007

Citation, interpretation and commencement

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Act 2006 (Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2007.

(2) In this Order—

the “2000 Act” means the Terrorism Act 2000(1);

the “2006 Act” means the Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Act 2006; and

the “2007 Act” means the Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007(2).

(3) This Order comes into force at the end of 31^st July 2007.

Modification of Schedule 1 to the 2007 Act

2.  The amendments made by Schedule 1 to the 2007 Act to the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996(3), the Criminal Justice Act 2003(4), and the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004(5) are to be disregarded for the purposes of a trial on indictment conducted by the court without a jury under section 75(1) of the 2000 Act by virtue of section 113(2) of the 2000 Act.

Transitional provisions and savings

3.  The Schedule to this Order, with the exception of paragraph 2, makes savings relating to the expiry of the provisions of the 2000 Act by virtue of section 1(2)(b) of the 2006 Act.

4.  Paragraph 2 of the Schedule to this Order makes savings relating to the expiry of section 11 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2004(6) by virtue of section 11(4)(a) of that Act.

5.  Section 113(2), (4), (5) and (6) of the 2000 Act shall have effect notwithstanding the inclusion of these provisions in Part 7 of the 2000 Act and the expiry of that Part by virtue of section 1(2)(b) of the 2006 Act.

Lord Rooker

Minister of State

Northern Ireland Office

30th July 2007