Statutory Instruments
2007 No. 715
NORTHERN IRELAND
Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning Act 1997 (Amnesty Period) Order 2007
Made
21st February 2007
Coming into force
22nd February 2007
A draft of this Order has been laid before Parliament and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament in pursuance of section 2(4) of the Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning Act 1997.
Accordingly, the Secretary of State in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2)(b) of the Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning Act 1997( 1 ), makes the following Order:
Citation and Commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning Act 1997 (Amnesty Period) Order 2007 and shall come into force on 22nd February 2007.
Appointed day
2. The day hereby appointed for the purposes of section 2(2)(b) of the Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning Act 1997 is 20th February 2008, being not more than twelve months after the day on which this Order is made or later than 27th February 2010.
Revocation
3.The Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning Act 1997 (Amnesty Period) Order 2006( 2 ) is hereby revoked.
Peter Hain
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
Northern Ireland Office
21st February 2007
1997 c.7 . The power in section 2(2)(b) to appoint a date for the end of the amnesty period is restricted by section 2(3) of the Act, as amended by the Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning (Amendment) Act 2002 (c.6) and section 21 of the Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006 (c.33) .