Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Act 2006

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|short_title=Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Act 2006The citation of this Act by this short title is authorised by [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/4/section/5 section 5(1)] of this Act.

|parliament=Parliament of the United Kingdom

|long_title=An Act to provide for Part 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000 to continue in force for a limited period after 18 February 2006 subject to modifications and to authorise the making of provision in connection with its ceasing to have effect; and for connected purposes.

|year=2006

|statute_book_chapter=2006 c 4

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|territorial_extent=Northern IrelandThe Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Act 2006, section 5(4)

|royal_assent=16 February 2006Hansard (House of Commons), vol. 442, col. 1579Hansard (House of Lords), vol. 678, col. 1253

|commencement=18 February 2006The Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Act 2006, section 5(3)

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|status=Amended

|original_text=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/4/contents/enacted

|legislation_history=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200506/ldbills/050/2006050.htm

|revised_text=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/4/contents

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The Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Act 2006 (c 4) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It provided that Part 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000 allowing Diplock courts in Northern Ireland, which would otherwise have expired on 18 February 2006, would continue in force until 31 July 2007, subject to modifications.

Parliamentary debates

The Bill for this Act passed through its stages in the House of Commons on the following dates:

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First Reading

|11 October 2005Hansard (House of Commons), vol. 437, [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmhansrd/vo051011/debtext/51011-10.htm#column_169 col. 169]

Second Reading

|31 October 2005Hansard (House of Commons), vol. 438, cols. 627 to 690

Committee

|8 November 2005[https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmstand/e/st051108/am/51108s01.htm Hansard Standing Committee E]

Report and Third Reading

|30 November 2005Hansard (House of Commons), vol. 440, cols. 289 to 354

The Bill for this Act passed through its stages in the House of Lords on the following dates:

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First Reading

|1 December 2005Hansard (House of Lords), vol. 676, col. 307

Second Reading

|20 December 2005Hansard (House of Lords), vol. 676, cols. 1670 to 1683

Committee

|12 January 2006Hansard (House of Lords), vol. 677, cols. 137 to 140GC

Report

|30 January 2006Hansard (House of Lords), vol. 678, col. 102

Third Reading

|14 February 2006Hansard (House of Lords), vol. 678, col. 1078

Provisions

=Section 4 - Transitional provision in connection with expiry etc of Part 7 of 2000 Act=

This section was extended by [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/6/section/8 section 8(4)] of the Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007 which provided that an order under this section may make provision disregarding any of the amendments made by Schedule 1 to that Act for any purpose specified in the order.

[http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/2259/introduction/made The Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Act 2006 (Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2007] (S.I. 2007/2259) was made under this section.

See also

References

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