The Attorney General’s Human Rights Guidance (Forensic Science Northern Ireland) Order (Northern Ireland) 2013

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2013 No. 150

Human Rights

The Attorney General’s Human Rights Guidance (Forensic Science Northern Ireland) Order (Northern Ireland) 2013

Made

31st May 2013

Coming into operation

22nd July 2013

The Attorney General:

(a)

has, in pursuance of section 8(1) of the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2004, issued guidance on international human rights standards in respect of the Department of Justice (functions of the Department(1) exercised by Forensic Science Northern Ireland);

(b)

has, in accordance with section 8(3)(a) of the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2004, published that guidance on his website;

(c)

has, in accordance with section 8(3)(b) of that Act, laid that guidance before the Assembly(2);

(d)

has, in accordance with section 8(1A) and section 8(5A) of that Act, consulted the Advocate General for Northern Ireland(3).

The Attorney General, in exercise of powers conferred by section 8(3)(c) of that Act, makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Attorney General’s Human Rights Guidance (Forensic Science Northern Ireland) Order (Northern Ireland) 2013 and shall come into operation on 22nd July 2013.

(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to this Order as it applies to an Act of the Assembly(4).

Coming into operation of the guidance

2.  The guidance on international human rights standards in respect of the Department of Justice (functions exercised by Forensic Science Northern Ireland) shall come into operation on the day on which this Order comes into operation.

John F. Larkin QC

Attorney General for Northern Ireland

31st May 2013

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into operation guidance by the Attorney General for Northern Ireland, pursuant to section 8 of the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2004, which was laid before the Assembly on 8th May 2013.

(1)

‘Department of Justice’ substituted for ‘Northern Ireland Office’ by paragraph 81(4)(a) of Schedule 14 to the Northern Ireland Act (Devolution of Policing and Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976).

(2)

‘The Northern Ireland Assembly’ substituted for ‘each House of Parliament’ by paragraph 81(2) of Schedule 14 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976).

(3)

Inserted by section 8(9) of the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2004 and paragraph 7A of Schedule 7 of the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002.

(4)

1954 c.33 (N.I.)