Consultation
6.There has previously been widespread consultation on these issues:
Professor O’Hare issued a Consultation Paper in September 2001 inviting comments to be taken into account during the course of his review.
The O’Hare Report was published in April 2002 and public consultation was invited until the end of August 2002.
Details of the Department’s response to the O’Hare proposals were announced in November 2002 and another public consultation period was facilitated on the measures until the end of February 2003.
Following that a Ministerial announcement of decisions was made in March 2003.
7.Further specific consultation on the Order was completed on 17 September 2004.