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Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
Human Rights
Made
12th October 2015
Coming into operation
1st December 2015
The Attorney General:
(a)has, in pursuance of section 8(1) of the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2004(1), issued guidance on international human rights standards relevant to the protection of the right to life in respect of the Police Service of Northern Ireland;
(b)has, in accordance with section 8(3)(a) of the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2004, published that guidance on his website;
(c)has, in accordance with section 8(3)(b) of that Act, laid that guidance before the Assembly(2);
(d)has, in accordance with section 8(1A) and section 8(5A) of that Act, consulted the Advocate General for Northern Ireland(3).
The Attorney General, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 8(3)(c) of that Act, makes the following order:
1.-(1) This Order may be cited as the Attorney General's Human Rights Guidance (Police Service of Northern Ireland – Protection of Life) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015 and shall come into operation on 1st December 2015.
(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to this Order as it applies to an Act of the Assembly(4).
2. The guidance on international human rights standards relevant to the protection of the right to life in respect of the Police Service of Northern Ireland shall come into operation on the day on which this Order comes into operation.
John F. Larkin QC
Attorney General for Northern Ireland
12th October 2015
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into operation guidance by the Attorney General for Northern Ireland, pursuant to section 8 of the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2004, which was laid before the Assembly on 18th September 2015.
2004 c. 4: relevant amending order is S.R. 2015 No. 168
‘the Northern Ireland Assembly' substituted for ‘each house of Parliament' by paragraph 81(2) of Schedule 14 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976).
Inserted by section 8(9) of the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2004 and paragraph 7A of Schedule 7 of the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002.
