The Human Rights Act 1998 (Designated Derogation) Order 2001

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Human Rights Act 1998 (Designated Derogation) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 13th November 2001.

Designation of proposed derogation

2.  The proposed derogation by the United Kingdom from Article 5(1) of the Convention, set out in the Schedule to this Order, is hereby designated for the purposes of the 1998 Act in anticipation of the making by the United Kingdom of the proposed derogation.

David Blunkett

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

Home Office

11th November 2001