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Citation, commencement, extent and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Public Processions (Electronic Communication of Notices) (Northern Ireland) Order 2015.

(2) This Order comes into force at the end of the period of 28 days beginning with the day on which it is made.

(3) This Order extends to Northern Ireland only.

(4) In this Order, “the 1998 Act” means the Public Processions (Northern Ireland) Act 1998(1).

(1)

1998 c. 2; from 23 November 2000, references in the 1998 Act: “(a) to the Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary shall be construed as a reference to the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland; (b) to a person holding any other particular rank, or a rank of a particular description, in the Royal Ulster Constabulary shall be construed as a reference to a person holding that rank, or a rank of that description, in the Police Service of Northern Ireland; (c) to a member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary shall be construed as a reference to a member of the Police Service of Northern Ireland; (d) to a member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary Reserve shall be construed as a reference to a member of the Police Service of Northern Ireland Reserve; (e) to the Royal Ulster Constabulary Reserve shall be construed as a reference to the Police Service of Northern Ireland Reserve; and (f) to the Royal Ulster Constabulary in any other context shall be construed as a reference to the Police Service of Northern Ireland” (section 78, Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 (c. 32)).