This Order may be cited as the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1996 (Audio Recording of Interviews) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 24th May 1999.
Specified date: 24 May 1999: see above.
(1) The following interviews, that is to say—
(a) interviews held by police officers after midnight on 23rd May 1999 of persons detained under section 14(1)(a) or (b) of the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989; and
(b) interviews held by police officers after midnight on that date in the circumstances specified in paragraph (2) of this Article,
shall be subject to audio recording in accordance with the code of practice on audio recording as it has effect for the time being.
(2) The circumstances referred to in paragraph (1)(b) are interviews of accused persons committed to the custody (otherwise than at a police station) of a constable under Article 47(4B) of the Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981.
Specified date: 24 May 1999: see art 1.
Marjorie Mowlam
One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State
Northern Ireland Office
14th April 1999
This Order requires the audio recording, in accordance with the code of practice made under section 53A(1)(a) of the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1996 as it has effect for the time being, of
interviews held by police officers of persons detained under section 14(1)(a) or (b) of the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989; and
interviews held by police officers of accused persons committed by a magistrates' court to the custody (otherwise than at a police station) of a constable, in the exercise of that court's powers under Article 47(4B) of the Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (SI 1981/1675 (NI 26), as amended by SI 1991/1711 (NI 16)). A person held in custody otherwise than at a police station is detained at a police office, sometimes referred to as a “holding centre”.
The Order comes into force on 24th May 1999 and applies to interviews held after midnight on 23rd May 1999.
