1. This Order may be cited as the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Acts 1978 and 1987 (Continuance) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 22nd March 1988.

2. In this Order-

(a)"the temporary provisions of the 1978 Act"(3)means all the provisions of the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1978, except sections 5 and 28 to 36, Part III of Schedule 4, Schedules 5 and 6 and, so far as they relate to offences which are scheduled offences by virtue of the said Part III, sections 2, 6 and 7; and

(b)"the temporary provisions of the 1987 Act" means Parts II and III of the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1987.

3. The temporary provisions of the 1978 Act, except section 12 and Schedule 1, and the temporary provisions of the 1987 Act, shall continue in force for a period of twelve months beginning with 22nd March 1988.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Apart from this Order, the temporary provisions of the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Acts 1978 and 1987 would expire with the 21st March 1988 (the temporary provisions of the 1978 Act are currently in force by virtue of the amendment to section 33 of that Act made by section 13 of the 1987 Act). This Order continues in force the temporary provisions of the 1978 and 1987 Acts (except section 12 of, and Schedule 1 to, the 1978 Act, which relate to the detention of terrorists) for a period of 12 months beginning with the 22nd March 1988.