Part VIII
- (a) the 1989 c. 4.Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989, or
- (b) the 1996 c. 22.Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1996,
the repeal and re-enactment shall not, unless the contrary intention appears, affect the continuity of the law.
(4) A reference in this Act or any other enactment or instrument to a provision of this Act shall (so far as the context permits) be taken to include a reference to a corresponding provision repealed by this Act.
(5) The repeal by virtue of this Act of section 14 of the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1996 (young persons convicted of scheduled offences) shall not affect its operation in relation to offences committed while it was in force.
(6) Any document made, served or issued after the commencement of paragraph (a) or (b) of section 2(1) which contains a reference to an enactment repealed by that paragraph shall, so far as the context permits, be construed as referring to or (as the context may require) including a reference to the corresponding provision of this Act.
(7) Any document made, served or issued after the commencement of this Act which contains a reference to a provision of this Act shall, so far as the context permits, be construed as referring to or (as the context may require) including a reference to the corresponding provision of—
- (a) the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989, or
- (b) the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1996.
(8) Section 117 shall apply to the institution of proceedings after commencement of that section whether the offence to which the proceedings relate (which may, by virtue of subsection (4) above, be an offence under a provision repealed by this Act) is alleged to have been committed before or after commencement of that section.
Extent. 130.—(1) Subject to subsections (2) to (6), this Act extends to the whole of the United Kingdom.
(2) Section 59 shall extend to England and Wales only.
(3) The following shall extend to Northern Ireland only—
- (a) section 60, and
- (b) Part VII.
(4) Section 61 shall extend to Scotland only.
(5) In Schedule 5—
- (a) Part I shall extend to England and Wales and Northern Ireland only, and
- (b) Part II shall extend to Scotland only.
(6) The amendments and repeals in Schedules 15 and 16 shall have the same extent as the enactments to which they relate.
Short title. 131. This Act may be cited as the Terrorism Act 2000.
