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| Miscellaneous |
Preservation of the peace: regulations. |
96. - (1) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision for promoting the preservation of the peace and the maintenance of order. |
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(2) The regulations may authorise the Secretary of State to make orders or give directions for specified purposes. |
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(3) A person commits an offence if he contravenes or fails to comply with- |
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(a) regulations under this section, or |
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(b) an order or direction made or given under regulations made under this section. |
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(4) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on summary conviction to- |
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(a) imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, |
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(b) a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or |
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Port and border controls. |
97. - (1) The Secretary of State may by order provide for members of Her Majesty's Forces to perform specified functions conferred on examining officers under Schedule 7. |
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(2) A member of Her Majesty's Forces exercising functions by virtue of subsection (1) shall be treated as an examining officer within the meaning of Schedule 7 for all purposes of this Act except for paragraphs 5 and 6 of Schedule 14. |
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(3) The Secretary of State may by order make provision, including provision supplementing or modifying Schedule 7, about entering or leaving Northern Ireland by land. |
Independent Assessor of Military Complaints Procedures. |
98. - (1) The Secretary of State may appoint a person to be known as the Independent Assessor of Military Complaints Procedures in Northern Ireland. |
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(2) A person may be appointed as the Independent Assessor only if- |
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(a) he is not a serving member of Her Majesty's forces, and |
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(b) he has not been a serving member at any time during the period of 20 years ending with the date of the appointment. |
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(3) The Independent Assessor- |
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(a) shall keep under review the procedures adopted by the General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland for receiving, investigating and responding to complaints to which this section applies, |
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(b) shall receive and investigate any representations about those procedures, |
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(c) may investigate the operation of those procedures in relation to a particular complaint or class of complaints, |
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(d) may require the General Officer Commanding to review a particular case or class of cases in which the Independent Assessor considers that any of those procedures have operated inadequately, and |
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(e) may make recommendations to the General Officer Commanding about inadequacies in those procedures, including inadequacies in the way in which they operate in relation to a particular complaint or class of complaints. |
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(4) This section applies to complaints about the behaviour of a member of Her Majesty's forces under the command of the General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland, other than- |
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(a) a complaint which is referred by the General Officer Commanding to the Royal Ulster Constabulary and which is not remitted by the Royal Ulster Constabulary to the General Officer Commanding to be dealt with by him, |
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(b) a complaint about a matter in respect of which a claim for compensation has been made under Schedule 12, and |
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(c) a complaint about a matter which is the subject of proceedings involving a claim for compensation which have been instituted in a court. |
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(5) The General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland shall- |
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(a) provide such information, |
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(b) disclose such documents, and |
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(c) provide such assistance, |
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as the Independent Assessor may reasonably require for the purpose of the performance of his functions. |
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(6) Schedule 11 (which makes supplementary provision about the Independent Assessor) shall have effect. |
Police and army powers: code of practice. |
99. - (1) The Secretary of State may make codes of practice in connection with- |
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(a) the exercise by police officers of any power conferred by this Act, and |
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(b) the seizure and retention of property found by police officers when exercising powers of search conferred by any provision of this Act. |
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(2) The Secretary of State may make codes of practice in connection with the exercise by members of Her Majesty's forces of powers by virtue of this Part. |
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(3) In this section "police officer" means a member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary or the Royal Ulster Constabulary Reserve. |
Video recording: code of practice. |
100. - (1) The Secretary of State shall- |
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(a) make a code of practice about the silent video recording of interviews to which this section applies, and |
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(b) make an order requiring the silent video recording of interviews to which this section applies in accordance with the code. |
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(2) This section applies to- |
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(a) interviews by police officers of persons detained under section 41, and |
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(b) interviews held by police officers in such other circumstances as the Secretary of State may specify by order. |
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(3) In this section "police officer" means a member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary or the Royal Ulster Constabulary Reserve. |