Legal background
- The Act amends or repeals the following legislation:
- Section 3 of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985
- Sections 75 and 76 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998
- Part 6 of Schedule 1 to the Freedom of Information Act 2000
- Section 31 of the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002
- Section 58 of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016
- Schedule 18 to the Data Protection Act 2018
- Part 3 of the Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973
- Part 1 of the Limitation Act 1980
- Foreign Limitation Periods Act 1984
- Foreign Limitation Period (Northern Ireland) Order 1985
- Part 5 of the Limitation (Northern Ireland) Order 1989
- Section 190 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995
- Part 7 of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 1998
- Part 2 of the Police Reform Act 2002
- Chapter 2 of Part I of the Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2006
- Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998
- Coroners and Justice Act 2009
- Coroners Act (Northern Ireland) 1998
- Inquiries into Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths etc. (Scotland) Act 2016.
- Section 379 of the Sentencing Act 2020
- Articles 3 and 4 of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2013
- Article 4 of the Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2006 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2007
