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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 3Reserved matters

9The following matters—

(a)the criminal law;

(b)the creation of offences and penalties;

(c)the prevention and detection of crime and powers of arrest and detention in connection with crime or criminal proceedings;

(d)prosecutions;

(e)the treatment of offenders (including children and young persons, and mental health patients, involved in crime);

(f)the surrender of fugitive offenders between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland;

(g)compensation out of public funds for victims of crime.

Sub-paragraphs (a) to (c) do not include any matter within paragraph 17 of Schedule 2.

Sub-paragraph (e) includes, in particular, prisons and other institutions for the treatment or detention of persons mentioned in that sub-paragraph.