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1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Attorney General’s Human Rights Guidance (Protection of Life) Order (Northern Ireland) 2013 and shall come into operation on 24th June 2013.
(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to this Order as it applies to an Act of the Assembly(1).
2. The guidance on human rights standards relevant to the protection of the right to life in respect of the Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland, the Probation Board for Northern Ireland, the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland, the Department of Justice (functions mentioned in section 69(1) of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 and functions of the Department exercised by the Northern Ireland Prison Service, the Youth Justice Agency, Forensic Science Northern Ireland, the State Pathologist’s Department and the Compensation Agency) shall come into operation on the day on which this Order comes into operation.
John F. Larkin QC
Attorney General for Northern Ireland
11th April 2013
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