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Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007

  • Explanatory Notes Table of contents

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All reference to 'Parts' and 'sections' are from the Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007. For other versions of these Explanatory Notes, see More Resources.

  1. Introduction

  2. Background and Summary

  3. Territorial Extent

  4. Territorial Application: Wales

  5. Commentary on Sections

    1. Trials on indictment without a jury

      1. Section 1: Issue of certificate

      2. Section 2: Certificates: supplementary

      3. Section 3: Preliminary inquiry

      4. Section 4: Court for trial

      5. Section 5: Mode of trial on indictment

      6. Section 6: Rules of court

      7. Section 7: Limitation on challenge of issue of certificate

      8. Section 8: Supplementary

      9. Section 9: Duration of non-jury trial provisions

    2. Juries

      1. Section 10: Restrictions on disclosure of juror information

      2. Section 11: Chief Electoral Officer to provide additional information to Juries Officer

      3. Section 12: Jurors found to be disqualified before being summoned

      4. Section 13: Abolition of peremptory challenge in criminal cases

    3. Human Rights Commission

      1. Section 14: Legal proceedings

      2. Section 15: Investigations: evidence

      3. Section 16: Investigation: access to prisons, &c.

      4. Section 17: Investigations: terms of reference

      5. Section 18: Investigations: duty to report

      6. Section 19: Recommendations

      7. Section 20: Timing

    4. Powers

      1. Section 21: Stop and Question

      2. Section 22: Arrest

      3. Section 23: Entry

      4. Section 24: Search for munitions and transmitters

      5. Section 25: Search for unlawfully detained persons

      6. Section 26: Premises: vehicles, &c.

      7. Section 27: Examination of documents

      8. Section 28: Examination of documents: procedure

      9. Section 29: Taking possession of land, &c.

      10. Section 30: Road closure: immediate

      11. Section 31: Sections 29 and 30: supplementary

      12. Section 32: Road closure: by order

    5. Powers: supplementary

      1. Section 33: Exercise of powers

      2. Section 34: Code of practice

      3. Section 35: Code: effect

      4. Section 36: Code: procedure for order

      5. Section 37: Records

      6. Section 38: Compensation

      7. Section 39: Prosecution

      8. Section 40: Review

      9. Section 41: Duration

      10. Section 42: Interpretation

    6. Miscellaneous

      1. Section 43: Accredited community-based restorative justice schemes

      2. Section 44: Northern Ireland department with policing and justice functions

      3. Section 45: Chief Inspector of Criminal Justice

      4. Section 46: Free legal aid in magistrates’ courts

      5. Section 47: Altering title of resident magistrate

      6. Section 48: Private Security Industry

      7. Section 49: Amendments of the Private Security Industry Act 2001

    7. Supplemental

      1. Sections 50 to 54: Repeals and revocations, Financial provisions, Extent, Commencement, Short title

      2. Schedule 1: Trials on indictment without a jury: consequential amendments

      3. Schedule 2: Restrictions on disclosure of juror information: further amendments

      4. Schedule 3: Munitions and Transmitters: Search and Seizure

      5. Schedule 4: Compensation

      6. Schedule 5: Northern Ireland department with policing and justice functions

      7. Schedule 6: Private Security Industry: Interim Arrangements

  6. Commencement

  7. Hansard References

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