EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

Under section 73 of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 lay visitors may only visit a place of detention designated by the Secretary of State under Paragraph 1 of Schedule 8 to the Terrorism Act 2000 (to hold terrorist suspects or persons detained under Schedule 7 to that Act), if it has been designated by Order as a place they may visit.

This Order designates that part of Musgrave Police Station that is for the time being designated by the Secretary of State under paragraph 1 of Schedule 8 to the Terrorism Act 2000, as a place of detention that may be visited by lay visitors.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this Order as no impact on business or the voluntary sector is foreseen.