| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2001/3411 |
| Year | 2001 |
2001 No. 3411
PRISONS
The Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998 (Specified Organisations) Order 2001
Made 12th October 2001
Laid before Parliament 17th October 2001
Coming into force 13th October 2001
Whereas the Secretary of State considers it necessary by reason of urgency for this Order to be made without a draft having been approved by resolution of each House of Parliament:
And whereas the Secretary of State believes that the organisations specified in the Schedule to this Order are concerned in terrorism connected with the affairs of Northern Ireland, or in promoting or encouraging it, and that they have not established or are not maintaining a complete and unequivocal ceasefire:
Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 3(8) of the Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 19981, hereby makes the following Order:
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998 (Specified Organisations) Order 2001 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
(2) The Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998 (Specified Organisations) Order 19992is hereby revoked.
2. The organisations specified in the Schedule to this Order are specified organisations for the purposes of the Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998.
John Reid
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries
Northern Ireland Office
12th October 2001
SCHEDULE
Article 2
SPECIFIED ORGANISATIONS
The Continuity Irish Republican Army
The Loyalist Volunteer Force
The organisation using the name “The Orange Volunteers” and in the name of which a statement described as a press release was published on 14 October 1998
The “Real” Irish Republican Army
The Red Hand Defenders
The Ulster Defence Association
The Ulster Freedom Fighters
(This note is not part of the Order)
Under section 3 of the Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998, the Secretary of State must specify an organisation if he believes that it is concerned with terrorism connected with the affairs of Northern Ireland, or in promoting or encouraging it, and that it has not established or is not maintaining a complete and unequivocal ceasefire. The Secretary of State is obliged to review the list of specified organisations from time to time.
Following such a review, the Secretary of State has...
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