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The Lay Visitors' Reports Order 2005 No. 420
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STATUTORY RULES OF NORTHERN IRELAND
2005 No. 420
POLICE
The Lay Visitors' Reports Order 2005
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Made |
7th September 2005 | |
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Laid before Parliament |
9th September 2005 | |
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Coming into operation |
1st October 2005 | |
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 73(3)(c) of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000[
1], hereby makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement
1.
This Order may be cited as the Lay Visitors' Reports Order 2005, and shall come into operation on 1st October 2005.
Lay Visitors' Reports
2.
The Northern Ireland Policing Board shall require the report by a lay visitor specified in section 73(2) of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 to deal with the conduct of interviews with detainees.
Shaun Woodward
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Northern Ireland Office
7th September 2005
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
The Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 (c. 32) requires lay visitors to attend designated police stations and to report to the Northern Ireland Policing Board about the visit. Section 73(3)(c) empowers the Secretary of State to require such reports to deal with such matters as he may specify. This Order requires the report to deal with the conduct of interviews with detainees.
Notes:
[1]
2000 c. 32.back
ISBN
0 337 96174 3
| © Crown copyright 2005 |
Prepared
27 September 2005
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