Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1991 (c. 24)

(The document as of February, 2008)

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(5) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable--

(a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years or a fine or both;

(b) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or both.

54 Concealing or transferring proceeds of terrorist-related activities

(1) A person is guilty of an offence if he--

(a) conceals or disguises any property which is, or in whole or in part directly or indirectly represents, his proceeds of terrorist-related activities; or

(b) converts or transfers that property or removes it from the jurisdiction,

for the purpose of avoiding prosecution for a relevant offence or the making or enforcement in his case of a confiscation order.

(2) A person is guilty of an offence if, knowing or having reasonable cause to suspect that any property is, or in whole or in part directly or indirectly represents, another person's proceeds of terrorist-related activities, he--

(a) conceals or disguises that property; or

(b) converts or transfers that property or removes it from the jurisdiction,

for the purpose of assisting any person to avoid prosecution for a relevant offence or the making or enforcement of a confiscation order.

(3) A person is guilty of an offence if, knowing or having reasonable cause to suspect that any property is, or in whole or in part directly or indirectly represents, another person's proceeds of terrorist-related activities, he acquires that property for no, or for inadequate, consideration.

(4) In subsections (1)(a) and (2)(a) above the references to concealing or disguising any property include references to concealing or disguising its nature, source, location, disposition, movement or ownership or any rights with respect to it.

(5) For the purposes of subsection (3) above consideration given for any property is inadequate if its value is significantly less than the value of that property, and there shall not be treated as consideration the provision for any person of services or goods which are of assistance to him in terrorist-related activities.

(6) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable--

(a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years or a fine or both;

(b) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or both.

55 Enforcement and supplementary provisions

Schedule 4 to this Act shall have effect with respect to the enforcement of confiscation orders and otherwise for supplementing the provisions of this Part of this Act.

56 Interpretation of confiscation provisions

(1) In this Part of this Act--

"charging order" means an order made under paragraph 6 of Schedule 4 to this Act;
"confiscation order" means an order made by a court under section 47 above;
"defendant" means a person against whom proceedings have been instituted for a relevant offence (whether or not he has been convicted);
"gift caught by this Part of this Act" has the meaning given in section 50(8) above;
"interest", in relation to property, includes right;
"proceeds of terrorist-related activity" has the meaning given in section 47(2) above;
"property" includes, in addition to money, all other property, real or personal, heritable or moveable, including things in action and other intangible or incorporeal property;
"realisable property" has the meaning given in section 50(1) and (2) above;
"relevant offence" has the meaning given in section 49 above;
"statutory provision" has the meaning given in section 1(f) of the [1954 c. 33 (N.I.).] Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954;
"terrorist-related activities" has the meaning given in section 47(2) above.

(2) This Part of this Act applies to property wherever situated.

(3) References in this Part of this Act to offences include references to offences committed before the coming into force of this Part of this Act but nothing in this Part of this Act imposes any duty or confers any power on any court in or in connection with proceedings against a person for an offence if the proceedings were instituted before the coming into force of this Part of this Act.

(4) References in this Part of this Act to property obtained as a direct or indirect result of terrorist-related activities include references to property obtained partly in that manner.

(5) The following provisions also have effect for the interpretation of this Part of this Act.

(6) Property is held by any person if he holds any interest in it.

(7) References to property held by a person include a reference to property vested in his trustee in bankruptcy or liquidator; and references to an interest held by a person beneficially in property include a reference to an interest which would be held by him beneficially if the property were not so vested.

(8) Property is transferred by one person to another if the first person transfers or grants to the other any interest in the property.

(9) Proceedings for an offence are instituted--

(a) when a summons or warrant is issued under Article 20 of the [S.I. 1981/1675 (N.I. 26).] Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 in respect of that offence;

(b) when a person is charged with the offence after being taken into custody without a warrant;

(c) when an indictment is presented under section 2(2)(c), (e) or (f) of the [1969 c. 15 (N.I.).] Grand Jury (Abolition) Act (Northern Ireland) 1969;

and where the application of this subsection would result in there being more than one time for the institution of proceedings, they shall be taken to have been instituted at the earliest of those times.

Part VIIIIII Miscellaneous

57 Additional investigation powers

(1) If, on an application made in writing by an officer of the Royal Ulster Constabulary not below the rank of superintendent, it appears to the Secretary of State--

(a) that an investigation to which this section applies is taking place; and

(b) that the investigation could be more effectively carried out with the participation of a person who is not a constable and who is named in the application,

the Secretary of State may authorise that person to exercise for the purposes of the investigation the powers conferred by Schedule 5 to this Act.

(2) Those powers shall be exercisable in Great Britain as well as in Northern Ireland and accordingly this section and that Schedule shall extend to the whole of the United Kingdom.

(3) Where a person who has been authorised under subsection (1) above to exercise the powers there mentioned considers that any material may be relevant to the investigation in relation to which the authority was given, Schedule 7 to the [1989 c. 4.] Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989 (terrorist investigations) shall have effect in relation to the material as if--

(a) the references to a constable in paragraphs 2(1), 3(1) and (2)(b), 5(1) and (3), 6(1), 12(2)(b), 14(3) and 15(1);

(b) the first of the references to a constable in paragraph 3(6); and

included references to that person; and where (by virtue of this subsection) such a person has made an application for an order under paragraph 3 of that Schedule, the reference in paragraph 4(2)(b) to the constable on whose application the order was made or any constable serving in the same police station shall be construed as referring to that person.

(4) This section applies to any investigation by the Royal Ulster Constabulary into the existence of--

(a) the resources of a proscribed organisation;

(b) funds which may be applied or used for the commission of, or in furtherance of or in connection with, acts of terrorism connected with the affairs of Northern Ireland; or

(c) the proceeds of the commission of such acts of terrorism or of activities engaged in in furtherance of or in connection with such acts.

(5) Paragraph (a) of subsection (4) above includes any money or property which is or is to be applied or made available for the benefit of a proscribed organisation; and paragraph (c) of that subsection includes any property which in whole or in part directly or indirectly represents such proceeds as are there mentioned.

58 Supplementary regulations for preserving the peace, etc

(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision additional to the foregoing provisions of this Act for promoting the preservation of the peace and the maintenance of order.

(2) Regulations under this section may authorise the Secretary of State to make orders for such purposes as may be specified in the regulations.

(3) Any person contravening or failing to comply with the provisions of any regulations under this section or any instrument or directions under any such regulations is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or both.

59 Explosives factories, magazines and stores

(1) The grounds on which the Secretary of State may reject an application for a licence under section 6 of the [1875 c. 17.] Explosives Act 1875 (new explosives factories and magazines) shall include the ground that the establishment of the factory or magazine in question is undesirable in the interests of safeguarding national security or protecting public safety; and a licence granted under that section may be withdrawn by him on that ground at any time before it comes into force.

(2) The Secretary of State may also refuse a licence under section 15 or registration under section 21 of that Act (explosives stores and other premises for keeping explosives) on the ground that the establishment of the store or, as the case may be, the keeping of explosives on the premises in question is undesirable in the interests of safeguarding national security or protecting public safety.

60 Independent Assessor of Military Complaints Procedures in Northern Ireland

(1) The Secretary of State shall appoint a person to be known as the Independent Assessor of Military Complaints Procedures in Northern Ireland (in this Act referred to as "the Independent Assessor").

(2) A person shall not be eligible for appointment as the Independent Assessor if he is, or at any time during the period of twenty years ending with the date of the appointment has been, a serving member of Her Majesty's forces.

(3) Schedule 6 to this Act shall have effect with respect to the Independent Assessor.

(4) The Independent Assessor--

(a) shall keep under review the procedures adopted by the General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland ("the GOC") for receiving, investigating and responding to relevant complaints;

(b) shall receive and investigate any representations concerning those procedures;

(d) may require the GOC to review any particular case or group of cases in which the Independent Assessor considers any of those procedures to have operated inadequately; and

(e) may make to the GOC recommendations concerning any inadequacies in those procedures, including inadequacies in the way in which they operate in relation to any particular complaint, group of complaints or description of complaints.

(5) In this section "relevant complaint" means a complaint relating to the behaviour of any member of Her Majesty's forces under the command of the GOC, other than--

(a) any complaint which has been referred by the GOC to the Royal Ulster Constabulary and not remitted by the Royal Ulster Constabulary to the GOC to be dealt with by him; and

(b) any complaint relating to a matter in respect of which a claim for compensation has been made under section 63 below or which is the subject of proceedings involving a claim for compensation which have been instituted in any court.

(6) The GOC shall--

(a) furnish such information;

(b) disclose such documents; and

as the Independent Assessor may reasonably require for the purpose of the performance of his functions.

61 Codes of practice: police powers

(1) The Secretary of State shall make codes of practice in connection with the detention, treatment, questioning and identification of persons detained under the [1989 c. 4.] Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989 and may make codes of practice in connection with--

(a) the exercise by police officers of any power conferred by Part II of this Act or by that Act; and

(b) the seizure and retention of property found by police officers when exercising powers of search conferred by any provision of this Act or that Act.

(2) When the Secretary of State proposes to issue a code of practice under this section he shall prepare and publish a draft of the code, shall consider any representations made to him about the draft and may modify the draft accordingly.

(3) The Secretary of State shall lay before both Houses of Parliament a draft of any code of practice prepared by him under this section; and when he has laid the draft of the code before both Houses he may bring the code into operation by an order made by him.

(4) An order bringing a code of practice into operation may contain such transitional provisions or savings as appear to the Secretary of State to be necessary or expedient in connection with the code which the order brings into operation.

(5) The Secretary of State may from time to time revise the whole or any part of a code of practice issued by him under this section and issue the code as revised; and the foregoing provisions of this section shall apply (with appropriate modifications) to such a revised code as they apply to the first issue of a code.

(6) A police officer shall be liable to disciplinary proceedings for failure to comply with any provision of such a code unless such proceedings are precluded by Article 22 of the [S.I.1987/938 (N.I.10).] Police (Northern Ireland) Order 1987.

(7) A failure on the part of a police officer to comply with any provision of such a code shall not of itself render him liable to any criminal or civil proceedings.

(8) In all criminal and civil proceedings any such code shall be admissible in evidence; and if any provision of such a code appears to the court or tribunal conducting the proceedings to be relevant to any question arising in the proceedings it shall be taken into account in determining that question.

(9) In this section--

"criminal proceedings" includes proceedings in Northern Ireland before a court-martial constituted under the Army Act 1955, the Air Force Act 1955 or the Naval Discipline Act 1957 or a disciplinary court constituted under section 50 of the said Act of 1957 and proceedings in Northern Ireland before the Courts-Martial Appeal Court;
"police officer" means a member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary or the Royal Ulster Constabulary Reserve.

62 Codes of practice: members of Her Majesty's forces

(1) The Secretary of State may make codes of practice in connection with the exercise by members of Her Majesty's forces of any of their powers under Part II of this Act.

(2) Subsections (2) to (5) and (8) of section 61 above shall apply to a code under this section as they apply to a code under that section.

(3) A failure on the part of a member of Her Majesty's forces to comply with any provision of a code under this section shall not of itself render him liable to any criminal or civil proceedings other than--

(a) proceedings under any provision of the Army Act 1955 or the Air Force Act 1955 other than section 70; and

(b) proceedings under any provision of the Naval Discipline Act 1957 other than section 42.

(4) In this section "criminal proceedings" has the same meaning as in section 61 above.

63 Right to compensation

(1) Where under this Act any real or personal property is taken, occupied, destroyed or damaged, or any other act is done interfering with private rights of property, compensation shall, subject to the provisions of this section, be payable by the Secretary of State to any person who--

(a) has an estate or interest in that property or (as the case may be) is entitled to those rights of property, and

(b) suffers loss or damage as a result of the act.

(2) No compensation shall be payable under this section in respect of any act falling within subsection (1) above unless an application for such compensation is made to the Secretary of State, in such manner as he may specify, within--

(a) the period of four months beginning with the date when the act was done, or

(b) such longer period beginning with that date and not exceeding twelve months as--

(i) the Secretary of State on a request being made to him in writing, or

(ii) the county court on an appeal under subsection (3) below,

may in a particular case allow.

(3) Where the Secretary of State refuses any request made to him for the purposes of subsection (2)(b) above, he shall serve a notice of his refusal on the person who made the request, and that person may, within the period of six weeks beginning with the date of service of the notice, appeal to the county court against that refusal.

(4) Where the Secretary of State has determined any application for compensation made in accordance with subsection (2) above, he shall serve on the applicant either--

(a) a notice stating that he has decided to award the applicant compensation in pursuance of his application and specifying the amount of the award, or

(b) a notice stating that he has decided to refuse the application;

and the applicant may within the period of six weeks beginning with the date of service of the notice appeal to the county court against the decision of the Secretary of State to pay the amount of compensation specified in the notice or (as the case may be) to refuse the application and unless he so appeals within that period that decision shall become in all respects final and binding.

(5) Any notice served under subsection (3) or (4) above shall contain particulars of the right of appeal under that subsection and, in the case of a notice served under subsection (4), of the consequences of a failure to exercise that right.

(6) Where--

(a) a person having a right to compensation under this section has made an application in accordance with subsection (2) above, and

(b) by virtue of any assignment or operation of law that right has passed to any other person,

that other person (or, if he is subject to any legal disability, the person appearing to the Secretary of State to be entitled to act on his behalf) may be treated by the Secretary of State as the applicant for the purposes of any provision of this section.

(7) Where--

(a) a person has a right to compensation in respect of any act falling within subsection (1) above, and

(b) the act was done in connection with, or revealed evidence of the commission of--

(i) a scheduled offence, or

(ii) an offence under this Act other than a scheduled offence, and

his right to such compensation shall not be enforceable at any time when any such proceedings have not been concluded or if he is convicted of the offence.

(8) Subsection (1) above does not apply to anything done under Part VII of this Act or Schedule 4 to this Act.

64 Compensation: notices

Any notice required by section 63 above to be served on any person by the Secretary of State may--

(a) if that person is an individual, be served on him--

(i) by delivering it to him, or

(ii) by sending it by post addressed to him at his usual or last-known place of residence or business, or

(iii) by leaving it for him there;

(b) if that person is a partnership, be served on the partnership--

(i) by sending it by post to a partner, or to a person having the control or management of the partnership business, at the principal office of the partnership, or

(ii) by addressing it to a partner or any such person and leaving it at that office;

(i) by sending it by post to the secretary or clerk of the body at its registered or principal office, or

(ii) by addressing it to the secretary or clerk of the body and leaving it at that office; or

(d) in any case, be served on that person's solicitor by delivering it to the solicitor, or by sending it by post to him at his office, or by leaving it for him there.

Part IXX Supplementary

65 Restriction of prosecutions

A prosecution in respect of an offence under this Act shall not be instituted in Northern Ireland except by or with the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland or in England and Wales except by or with the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions.

66 General interpretation

In this Act, except so far as the context otherwise requires--

"dwelling-house" means any building or part of a building used as a dwelling;
"explosive" means any article or substance manufactured for the purpose of producing a practical effect by explosion;
"explosive substance" means any substance for the time being specified in regulations made under section 3 of the [1970 c. 10 (N.I.).] Explosives Act (Northern Ireland) 1970;
"firearm" includes an air gun or air pistol;
"proscribed organisation" means an organisation for the time being specified in Schedule 2 to this Act, including an organisation which is to be treated as a proscribed organisation by virtue of section 28(2) above;
"public place" means a place to which for the time being members of the public have or are permitted to have access, whether on payment or otherwise;
"scheduled offence" has the meaning given by section 1 above;
"terrorism" means the use of violence for political ends and includes any use of violence for the purpose of putting the public or any section of the public in fear;
"terrorist" means a person who is or has been concerned in the commission or attempted commission of any act of terrorism or in directing, organising or training persons for the purpose of terrorism;
"vehicle" includes a hovercraft.

67 Orders and regulations

(1) Subject to subsection (4) below, any power to make orders or regulations conferred by this Act shall be exercisable by statutory instrument.

(2) No order under section 1 or 28 above or 69(3) below and no regulations under section 58 above shall be made unless--

(a) a draft of the order or regulations has been approved by resolution of each House of Parliament; or

(b) it is declared in the order or regulations that it appears to the Secretary of State that by reason of urgency it is necessary to make the order or regulations without a draft having been so approved.

(3) Orders and regulations under the provisions mentioned in subsection (2) above shall, if not so approved in draft, be laid before Parliament after being made and, if at the end of the period of forty days (computed in accordance with section 7(1) of the [1946 c. 36.] Statutory Instruments Act 1946) after the day on which the Secretary of State made such an order or regulations a resolution has not been passed by each House approving the order or regulations in question, the order or regulations shall then cease to have effect (but without prejudice to anything previously done or to the making of a new order or new regulations).

(4) Subsection (1) above does not apply to any order under section 25, Schedule 3 or paragraph 6(1)(d) of Schedule 5 or any order under regulations made by virtue of section 58.

(5) Any regulations under section 8 and any order under section 14(5), 15(8), 47(5), 61 or 62 above or under paragraph 7(3) of Schedule 4 or paragraph 7 of Schedule 5 to this Act shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

(6) No Order shall be made under paragraph 19(1)(a) of Schedule 4 to this Act unless a draft of it has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

(7) Any order under section 37(4) above shall be laid before Parliament after being made.

68 Expenses

Any expenses of the Secretary of State under this Act shall be defrayed out of money provided by Parliament.

69 Commencement, duration, expiry and revival of provisions of this Act

(1) This Act except Part VII shall come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which it is passed and that Part shall come into force on such date as the Secretary of State may by order appoint.

(2) The temporary provisions of this Act, that is to say, Parts I to VIII except--

(a) section 7, Part III of Schedule 1 and, so far as they relate to offences which are scheduled offences by virtue of that Part, sections 3, 9 and 10;

(b) sections 63 and 64; and

shall expire with 15th June 1992 unless continued in force by an order under subsection (3) below.

(3) The Secretary of State may by order provide--

(a) that all or any of the temporary provisions of this Act which are for the time being in force (including any in force by virtue of an order under this section) shall continue in force for a period not exceeding twelve months from the coming into operation of the order;

(b) that all or any of those provisions which are for the time being in force shall cease to be in force; or

(c) that all or any of those provisions which are not for the time being in force shall come into force again and remain in force for a period not exceeding twelve months from the coming into operation of the order.

(4) The Secretary of State shall be deemed to have made an order under subsection (3)(b) above in respect of the provisions of section 34 and Schedule 3 with effect immediately after the coming into force of those provisions.

(5) The coming into force of any provision of sections 9 to 12 above by virtue of an order made under subsection (3)(c) above shall not affect any trial on indictment where the indictment has been presented, or any summary trial which has started, before the coming into force of that provision, and any such trial shall be conducted as if the provision had not come into force.

(6) Where before the coming into force of subsection (1) of section 9 above by virtue of such an order a person has been committed for trial for a scheduled offence and the indictment has not been presented, then, on the coming into force of that subsection, he shall, if he was committed to the Crown Court sitting elsewhere than in Belfast, be treated as having been committed to the Crown Court sitting in Belfast or (where the Lord Chancellor gives a direction under that subsection with respect to the trial) to the Crown Court sitting at the place specified in the direction.

(7) The expiry or cesser of any provision mentioned in subsection (5) above shall not affect the application of that provision to any trial on indictment where the indictment has been presented, or any summary trial which has started, before the expiry or cesser; and the expiry or cesser of section 14 or 15 above shall not affect the operation of that section in relation to an offence committed while it was in force.

(8) It is hereby declared that the expiry or cesser of any provision of section 9 above shall not affect--

(a) any committal of a person for trial in accordance with that provision to the Crown Court sitting either in Belfast or elsewhere, or

(b) any committal of a person for trial which, in accordance with that provision, has taken effect as a committal for trial to the Crown Court sitting elsewhere than in Belfast,

in a case where the indictment has not been presented.

(9) This Act shall, by virtue of this subsection, be repealed as from the end of the period of five years beginning with the date on which it came into force.

70 Savings, amendments and repeals

(1) Neither any rule of law nor any enactment other than this Act nor anything contained in a commission issued for the trial of any person shall be construed as limiting or otherwise affecting the operation of any provision of this Act for the time being in force, but--

(a) subject to the foregoing, any power conferred by this Act shall not derogate from Her Majesty's prerogative or any powers exercisable apart from this Act by virtue of any rule of law or enactment; and

(b) subject to the foregoing and to section 69(7) above, a provision of this Act shall not affect the operation of any rule of law or enactment at a time when the provision is not in force.

(2) Any rules in force at the coming into force of this Act under section 28A(1) of the [1978 c. 5.] Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1978 shall have effect as if they were county court rules made in relation to appeals under section 63 above.

(3) The enactments mentioned in Schedule 7 to this Act shall be amended in accordance with that Schedule.

(4) The enactments mentioned in Part I of Schedule 8 to this Act are hereby repealed, and the instruments mentioned in Part II of that Schedule are hereby revoked, to the extent there specified.

71 Short title and extent

(1) This Act may be cited as the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1991.

(2) Except for sections 53, 54 and 57, paragraph 19 of Schedule 4, Schedule 5, this Part of this Act so far as relating to those provisions and paragraph 5(2), (3), (7) and (8) of Schedule 7, this Act extends to Northern Ireland only.

(3) Her Majesty may by Order in Council direct that any of the provisions of section 57 and Schedule 5 shall extend, with such modifications as appear to Her Majesty to be appropriate, to any of the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man.

SCHEDULES

Section 1.

SCHEDULE 1 The Scheduled Offences

Part I Substantive Offences

Common law offences

1 Murder subject to note 1 below.

2 Manslaughter subject to note 1 below.

3 The common law offence of riot.

4 Kidnapping subject to note 1 below.

5 False imprisonment subject to note 1 below.

6 Assault occasioning actual bodily harm subject to note 1 below.

[1861 c. 97.] Malicious Damage Act 1861

7 Offences under section 35 of the Malicious Damage Act 1861 (interference with railway) subject to note 1 below.

Offences against the [1861 c. 100.] Person Act 1861

8 Offences under the following provisions of the Offences against the Person Act 1861--

(a) section 4 (conspiracy, etc to murder) subject to note 1 below;

(b) section 16 (threats to kill) subject to note 1 below;

(d) section 20 (causing grievous bodily harm) subject to note 1 below;

(e) section 28 (causing grievous bodily harm by explosives);

(f) section 29 (causing explosion or sending explosive substance or throwing corrosive liquid with intent to cause grievous bodily harm);

(g) section 30 (placing explosive near building or ship with intent to do bodily injury).

[1883 c. 3.] Explosive Substances Act 1883

9 Offences under the following provisions of the Explosive Substances Act 1883--

(a) section 2 (causing explosion likely to endanger life or damage property);

(b) section 3 (attempting to cause any such explosion, and making or possessing explosive with intent to endanger life or cause serious damage to property);

[1953 c. 18 (N.I.).] Prison Act (Northern Ireland) 1953

10 Offences under the following provisions of the Prison Act (Northern Ireland) 1953 subject to note 1 below--

(a) section 25 (being unlawfully at large while under sentence);

(b) section 26 (escaping from lawful custody and failing to surrender to bail);

(d) section 28 (breaking prison by force or violence);

(e) section 29 (rescuing or assisting or permitting to escape from lawful custody persons under sentence of death or life imprisonment);

(f) section 30 (rescuing or assisting or permitting to escape from lawful custody persons other than persons under sentence of death or life imprisonment);

(g) section 32 (causing discharge of prisoner under pretended authority);

(h) section 33 (assisting prisoners to escape by conveying things into prisons).

[1969 c. 16 (N.I.).] Theft Act (Northern Ireland) 1969

11 Offences under the following provisions of the Theft Act (Northern Ireland) 1969--

(a) section 1 (theft) subject to note 2 below;

(b) section 8 (robbery) subject to note 3 below;

(d) section 10 (aggravated burglary) subject to note 3 below;

(e) section 15 (obtaining property by deception) subject to note 2 below;

(f) section 20 (blackmail) subject to notes 1 and 2 below.

Protection of the [1969 c. 29 (N.I.).] Person and Property Act (Northern Ireland) 1969

12 Offences under the following provisions of the Protection of the Person and Property Act (Northern Ireland) 1969--

(a) section 1 (intimidation) subject to note 1 below;

(b) section 2 (making or possessing petrol bomb, etc. in suspicious circumstances);

Hijacking

13 Offences under section 1 of the [1982 c. 36.] Aviation Security Act 1982 (aircraft).

14 Offences in Northern Ireland under section 2 of the [1975 c. 59.] Criminal Jurisdiction Act 1975 (vehicles).

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