Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1996 F1(repealed)
An Act to re-enact, with omissions and amendments, the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1991; and for connected purposes.
F2Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
Part I Scheduled Offences
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Part II Powers of Arrest, Search and Seizure, etc.
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Part III Offences against Public Security and Public Order
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Part IV Detention Orders
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Part V Regulation of the Provision of Private Security Services
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Part VI Persons in Police Custody under Terrorism Provisions
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Part VII Miscellaneous
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Part VIII Supplementary
57 Restriction of prosecutions.
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58 General interpretation.
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59 Repeal of Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1991.
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60 Orders and regulations.
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61 Expenses.
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62 Commencement, duration, expiry and revival of provisions of this Act.
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63 Savings, amendments and repeals.
(1)
Neither any rule of law nor any enactment other than this Act shall be construed as limiting or otherwise affecting the operation of any provision of this Act for the time being in force, but—
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subject to the foregoing, any power conferred by this Act shall not derogate from Her Majesty’s prerogative or any powers exercisable apart from this Act by virtue of any rule of law or enactment; and
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subject to the foregoing and to section 62(8) above, a provision of this Act shall not affect the operation of any rule of law or enactment at a time when the provision is not in force.
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Schedule 5 (which makes transitional provisions in relation to scheduled offences) shall have effect.
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Where this Act repeals and re-enacts provisions of the M54Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1991, the repeal and re-enactment shall not, unless the contrary intention appears, affect the continuity of the law.
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Any document made, served or issued after the commencement of this Act which contains a reference to an enactment repealed by this Act shall, so far as the context permits, be construed as referring to or (as the context may require) including a reference to the corresponding provision of this Act.
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Any document made, served or issued after the commencement of this Act which contains a reference to a provision of this Act shall, so far as the context permits, be construed as referring to or (as the context may require) including a reference to the corresponding provision of the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1991.
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The enactments mentioned in Schedule 6 to this Act shall be amended in accordance with that Schedule.
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The enactments mentioned in Part I of Schedule 7 to this Act are hereby repealed, and the instruments mentioned in Part II of that Schedule are hereby revoked, to the extent there specified.
64 Short title and extent.
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