The Public Processions (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2005

Northern Ireland Order in Council 2005 No. 857 — creates 3 criminal offences.

Made

22 March 2005

In force from

Not determined

Extent

Not stated

Subject

Public order, protest, anti-social behaviour and street offences

Made under

2000 (c. 1), Schedule to the Northern Ireland Act 2000

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

This Order amends the Public Processions (Northern Ireland) Act 1998 to enable the Parades Commission to impose conditions on persons supporting a public procession; to enable the Commission to issue determinations in respect of protest meetings; to restate the powers of the Secretary of State to prohibit the holding of protest meetings; and to extend section 14 of that Act (breaking up processions) to cover protest meetings.

Offences created by this instrument

• Secretary of State’s powers to prohibit protest meetings article 11A(7) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• The Commission’s powers to impose conditions on public protests article 9A(7) · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
• The Commission’s powers to impose conditions on public protests article 9A(8) · Status not determined · Strict liability

What Parliament said about it

Contributions, debates and written statements mentioning this instrument by name. Parliamentary material is reused under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.

• Public Processions (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 Lords · Lords Chamber · 7 March 2005
• Public Processions (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 Lords · Grand Committee · 15 March 2005 · Lord Rogan

  I too thank the Lord President the noble Baroness, Lady Amos, for presenting the order before us this afternoon. The noble Lord, Lord Glentoran, said that it gave him cause for concern. It gives me cause for considerable concern. The noble Lord, Lord Smith of Clifton, said that he feared for civil liberties. I have to say that so do I. This Government made an active commitment to strengthening civil liberties with the domestic incorporation of the European Convention on Human Rights in 1998. I say "active" because the Human Rights Act places a positive duty on the Government to ensure that…

• Public Processions (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 Lords · Grand Committee · 15 March 2005 · Baroness Amos

  rose to move, that the Grand Committee do report to the House that it has considered the draft Public Processions (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2005. The noble Baroness said: This order is one part of a wider package of measures on parades that was announced in a Statement made on 22 February 2005. The statement responded to the reports of Sir George Quigley and the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee on the events of the last few marching seasons. In recent years, although the number of contentious parades has fallen, the behaviour of supporters has become an increasingly important…

• Public Processions (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 Lords · Grand Committee · 15 March 2005
• Official Report Of The Grand Committee On Thebudget (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 Lords · Grand Committee · 15 March 2005

  Public Processions (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2005

• Prevention Of Terrorism Act: Northern Ireland Lords · Lords Chamber · 17 March 2005

  Public Processions (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2005

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