Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
Police
Made
30th January 2015
Laid before Parliament
3rd February 2015
Coming into force
1st March 2015
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 73(10)(a) of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000(1) makes the following Order:
1. This Order may be cited as the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 (Designated Places of Detention: Lay Visitors) Order 2015 and comes into force on 1st March 2015.
2. That part of Musgrave Police Station that is for the time being designated under paragraph 1 of Schedule 8 to the Terrorism Act 2000 (2) (place of detention), being so much of Musgrave Police Station as is needed to detain persons under section 41 of, or Schedule 7 to, the Terrorism Act 2000(3), is specified as a designated place of detention for the purposes of section 73 of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 (places of detention: lay visitors).
Theresa Villiers
Secretary of State
Northern Ireland Office
30th January 2015
(This note is not part of the Order)
Under section 73 of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 lay visitors may only visit a place of detention designated by the Secretary of State under Paragraph 1 of Schedule 8 to the Terrorism Act 2000 (to hold terrorist suspects or persons detained under Schedule 7 to that Act), if it has been designated by Order as a place they may visit.
This Order designates that part of Musgrave Police Station that is for the time being designated by the Secretary of State under paragraph 1 of Schedule 8 to the Terrorism Act 2000, as a place of detention that may be visited by lay visitors.
An impact assessment has not been produced for this Order as no impact on business or the voluntary sector is foreseen.
2000 c. 32. Section 73(10) was substituted by S.I. 2010/976. Two other orders made under this power are currently in force: S.R. 2003/232 and S.R. 2004/476.
2000 c. 11. Paragraph 1(5) of Schedule 8 was amended by section 148 of, and paragraph 5(1) and (2) of Schedule 9 to, the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 c.12.
Amendments have been made to Schedule 7 but they are not relevant to this Order.