This Statutory Rule has been made in consequence of a defect in Statutory Rule 2009 No. 142 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Rule.
2010 No. 46
Police
The Police and Criminal Evidence (Application to the Police Ombudsman)(Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2010
Made 21st February 2010
Coming into operation 24th March 2010
To be Laid before Parliament

The Secretary of State in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 56(2) of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 1998 hereby makes the following amending Order.
1998 c. 32

Citation and commencement
1 This Order may be cited as the Police and Criminal Evidence (Application to the Police Ombudsman)(Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2010 and shall come into operation on 24th March 2010.
2 The Police and Criminal Evidence (Application to the Police Ombudsman) Order (Northern Ireland) 2009 shall be amended as follows—
(a) In Article 3(1) omit “by the police”;
(b) In Article 3(2) omit “Part II”;
(c) In Schedule 2 omit the introductory words “Where in the 1989 Order” to the end.
S.R. 2009 No. 142
Paul Goggins Minister of State Northern Ireland Office 21st February 2010

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order sets out amendments to The Police and Criminal Evidence (Application to the Police Ombudsman) Order (Northern Ireland) 2009, which came into operation on 18 May 2009. The amendments have been made to rectify drafting errors in three respects as reported by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments in its 16th report of Session 2008-09.
There is no change to the policy as provided for in the Order which came into operation in May 2009.