2001 No. 337 (C. 17)

PRISONS AND YOUNG OFFENDERS

Life Sentences (Northern Ireland) Order 2001 (Commencement) Order 2001

Made

The Secretary of State in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by Article 1(2) of The Life Sentences (Northern Ireland) Order 20011, hereby makes the following Order:—

Citation1

This Order may be cited as The Life Sentences (Northern Ireland) Order 2001 (Commencement) Order 2001.

Appointed Day2

The appointed day for the coming into operation of The Life Sentences (Northern Ireland) Order 2001 shall be 8th October 2001.

John ReidNorthern Ireland Office
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

(This note is not part of the Order.)

This Order brings into operation on 8th October 2001 The Life Sentences (Northern Ireland) Order 2001 which provides for the release and recall of persons serving a sentence of life imprisonment or detention during the pleasure of the Secretary of State.