1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Public Processions (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2005.
(2) This Order comes into operation on the day after that on which it is made; but nothing in this Order applies in relation to any public procession or protest meeting held, or proposed to be held, before 14th May 2005.
2.—(1) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 (c. 33) applies to this Order as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.
(2) In this Order “the principal Act” means the Public Processions (Northern Ireland) Act 1998 (c. 2).
(3) This Order shall be construed as one with the principal Act.