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Police powers: records. |
103. The Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary shall make arrangements for securing that a record is made of each exercise by a constable of a power under this Part in so far as- |
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(a) it is reasonably practicable to do so, and |
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(b) a record is not required to be made under another enactment. |
Powers. |
104. A power conferred on a person by virtue of this Part- |
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(a) is additional to powers which he has at common law or by virtue of any other enactment, and |
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(b) shall not be taken to affect those powers or Her Majesty's prerogative. |
Private security services. |
105. Schedule 12 (private security services) shall have effect. |
| Specified organisations |
Specified organisations: interpretation. |
106. For the purposes of sections 107 to 110 an organisation is specified at a particular time if at that time- |
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(a) it is specified under section 3(8) of the Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998, and |
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(b) it is, or forms part of, an organisation which is proscribed for the purposes of this Act. |
Evidence. |
107. - (1) This section applies where a person is charged with an offence under section 11. |
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(2) Subsection (3) applies where a police officer of at least the rank of superintendent states in oral evidence that in his opinion the accused- |
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(a) belongs to an organisation which is specified, or |
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(b) belonged to an organisation at a time when it was specified. |
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(3) Where this subsection applies- |
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(a) the statement shall be admissible as evidence of the matter stated, but |
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(b) the accused shall not be committed for trial, be found to have a case to answer or be convicted solely on the basis of the statement. |
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(4) In this section "police officer" means a member of- |
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(a) a police force within the meaning of the Police Act 1996 or the Police (Scotland) Act 1967, or |
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(b) the Royal Ulster Constabulary. |