The Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 — Northern Ireland law | Esheria

The Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989

This provision sets when the Order starts, gives the Secretary of State power to appoint commencement dates and transitional provisions, and sets out police search, seizure, arrest, record-keeping, and related warrant powers with limits.

Jurisdiction
Northern Ireland
Instrument
Order
Version
Undated source snapshot
Language
en
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Statute overview

About this statute

This provision sets when the Order starts, gives the Secretary of State power to appoint commencement dates and transitional provisions, and sets out police search, seizure, arrest, record-keeping, and related warrant powers with limits. This provision sets rules for arrest, police detention, bail, fingerprints, searches, custody records, and use of designated police stations. This provision sets detention, bail, search, fingerprint, and interview rules for arrested persons, including when they must be released, brought before court, or allowed legal contact. This provision sets when police may take fingerprints, footwear impressions, intimate samples, and non-intimate samples, and it requires consent, notices, records, destruction, and retention steps in specified cases. This part mainly sets rules for when confessions, evidence, witness testimony, live links, and video recordings can be used in criminal proceedings, and when courts must warn juries or exclude evidence.

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