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Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
Human Rights
Made
21st October 2016
Coming into operation
19th December 2016
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 cooperation and institutional independence in respect of the Police Service of Northern Ireland, the Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland and Forensic Science 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 (Cooperation and Operational Independence) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 and shall come into operation on 19th December 2016.
(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 cooperation and institutional independence in respect of the Police Service of Northern Ireland, the Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland and Forensic Science 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
21st October 2016
(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 5th October 2016.
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.
1954 c.33 (NI)