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Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Bill

 
 

EXPLANATORY NOTES

Explanatory notes to the Bill, prepared by the Northern Ireland Office, are published

separately as Bill 10—EN.

EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

Mr Secretary Hain has made the following statement under section 19(1)(a) of the

Human Rights Act 1998:

In my view the provisions of the Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Bill are

compatible with the Convention rights.

 

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Contents

Trials on indictment without a jury

1   

Issue of certificate

2   

Certificates: supplementary

3   

Preliminary inquiry

4   

Court for trial

5   

Mode of trial on indictment

6   

Rules of court

7   

Limitation on challenge of issue of certificate

8   

Supplementary

Juries

9   

Restrictions on disclosure of juror information

10   

Chief Electoral Officer to provide additional information to Juries Officer

11   

Jurors found to be disqualified before being summoned

12   

Abolition of peremptory challenge in criminal cases

Human Rights Commission

13   

Legal proceedings

14   

Investigations: evidence

15   

Investigations: access to prisons, &c.

16   

Investigations: terms of reference

17   

Investigations: duty to report

18   

Recommendations

19   

Timing

Powers

20   

Stop and question

21   

Arrest

22   

Entry

23   

Search for munitions and transmitters

24   

Search for unlawfully detained persons

25   

Premises: vehicles, &c.

26   

Examination of documents

27   

Examination of documents: procedure

28   

Taking possession of land, &c.

 

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29   

Road closure: immediate

30   

Sections 28 and 29: supplementary

31   

Road closure: by order

Powers: supplementary

32   

Exercise of powers

33   

Code of practice

34   

Code: effect

35   

Code: procedure for order

36   

Records

37   

Compensation

38   

Prosecution

39   

Review

40   

Duration

41   

Interpretation

Miscellaneous

42   

Chief Inspector of Criminal Justice

43   

Free legal aid in magistrates’ courts

44   

Altering title of resident magistrate

45   

Private Security Industry

46   

Amendments of the Private Security Industry Act 2001

Supplemental

47   

Repeals and revocations

48   

Financial provisions

49   

Extent

50   

Commencement

51   

Short title

Schedule 1   —   

Trials on indictment without a jury: consequential

amendments

Schedule 2   —   

Restrictions on disclosure of juror information: further

amendments

Schedule 3   —   

Munitions and Transmitters: Search and Seizure

Schedule 4   —   

Compensation

Schedule 5   —   

Private Security Industry: Interim Arrangements

Schedule 6   —   

Repeals and revocations

 
 

 
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