Northern Ireland Office

Archive Consultation

The section contains a library of consultations and where available the summary of responses and the associated revision to the policy or legislation.

• Programme of NIO Consultations, Screenings and Quality Impact Assessments

  PDF Document, 142 KB
  

• Equality Screening Form - Draft Guidance Public Protection Arrangements Northern Ireland

  PDF Document, 26 KB
  

• The possession of non-photographic visual depictions of child sexual abuse

  PDF Document, 229 KB
  

• Consultation document - Proposed Northern Ireland Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme

  PDF Document, 202 KB
  

• The proposed Northern Ireland Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme 2009

  PDF Document, 208 KB
  

• Enhancing procedural rights and judicial co-operation in the EU

  PDF Document, 301 KB
  

• Alternatives to prosecution - a discussion paper

  PDF Document, 254 KB
  

• Anonymous Registration: Protecting Voters at Risk in Northern Ireland

  PDF Document, 142 KB
  

• Search Code of Practice issued under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

  PDF Document, 181 KB
  

• Investigation Code of Practice issued under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

  PDF Document, 284 KB
  

• Consultation on the Mentally Disordered Offenders Victim Information Scheme

  PDF Document, 206 KB
  

• Draft Sexual Offences (NI) Order 2007

  PDF Document, 243 KB
  

• Explanatory Document for draft Sexual Offences (NI) Order 2007

  PDF Document, 231 KB
  

• Sexual Offences Review Equality Screening Form

  PDF Document, 37 KB
  

• The Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2007

  PDF Document, 368 KB
  

• Explanatory Document for the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2007

  PDF Document, 237 KB
  

• Equality Screening Assessment

  PDF Document, 202 KB
  

• Equality Impact Assessment

  PDF Document, 403 KB
  

• Equality Screening Forms

  PDF Document, 585 KB
  

• Easy Read document for the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2007

  PDF Document, 400 KB
  

• Summary of responses to road traffic consultation

  PDF Document, 144 KB
  

• A Summary of Responses to a Consultation on the Law on Knives in Northern Ireland

  PDF Document, 137 KB
  

• Response to Quashing Convictions Consultation Paper - October 2007

  PDF Document, 53 KB
  

• Response to consultation - Young people and licenced firearms

  PDF Document, 31 KB
  

• Summary of responses - EQIA policy on the arrangement for the delivery of support services to victims of crime (core funding for victim support NI)

  PDF Document, 81 KB
  

• Delivering a better service to victims and witnesses of crime - Summary of responses to consultation paper

  PDF Document, 84 KB
  

• Modernising Police Powers: Your PACE Your Say

  PDF Document, 185 KB
  

• Reforming the law on sexual offences in Northern Ireland - Summary of responses to a consultation paper

  PDF Document, 172 KB
  

• Proposals for the Safety of Older People

  PDF Document, 226 KB
  

• Promoting positive attitudes towards disabled people and encouraging the participation of disabled people in public life - The Northern Ireland Office Disability Action Plan July 2007 to April 2010

  PDF Document, 979 KB
  

• Consultation on EQIA Policy on the arrangements for the delivery of support services to victims of crime (Core funding of Victim Support NI)

  PDF Document, 83 KB
  

• Consultation of possession of non-photographic visual depictions of child sexual abuse

  PDF Document, 335 KB
  

• Hidden Crimes, Secret Pain - Covering letter

  PDF Document, 445 KB
  

• Hidden Crimes, Secret Pain - Consultation Document

  PDF Document, 1.2 MB
  

• Hidden Crimes, Secret Pain - Consultation response document

  Microsoft Word, 3.9 MB
  

• Delivering a better service to victims and witnesses of crime - A Northern Ireland draft Strategy

  PDF Document, 215 KB
  

• Response to a Forum on a Bill of Rights

  PDF Document, 630 KB
  

• A Forum on a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland -Consultation Paper

  PDF Document, 28 KB
  

• A Forum on a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland - Response to Consultation

  PDF Document, 28 KB
  

• Proposals for the Juvenile Justice Centre (Northern Ireland) Rules 2007 and the Juvenile Justice Centre Order (Supervision) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2007

  PDF Document, 435 KB
  

• Draft Policing (Miscellanous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 - Consultation Document

  PDF Document, 642 KB
  

• Road Traffic and Driver Disqualification - A consultation

  PDF Document, 151 KB
  

• Making sure crime doesn't pay - Proposals for a new measure to prevent convicted criminals profiting published accounts of their crime

  PDF Document, 1.2 MB
  

• Consultation Document on Young People and Licensed Firearms - A review of the relevant provisions of the Firearms (NI) Order 2004

  PDF Document, 194 KB
  

• Quashing Convictions - Report of a Review by the Home Secretary, Lord Chancellor and Attorney General

  PDF Document, 124 KB
  

• A Protocol for Community-based Restorative Justice Schemes: Consultation and Equality Impact Assessment

  PDF Document, 297 KB
  

• Consultation on Amendments to the Draft Police and Criminal Evidence (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2006, Revised Draft Codes of Practice and Section 75 Screening of the Proposals

  PDF Document, 497 KB
  

• Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 Review of Temporary Provisions

  PDF Document, 39 KB
  

• Regulating the Private Security Industry in Northern Ireland - A Consultation Paper

  PDF Document, 204 KB
  

• Replacement Replacement Arrangements for the Diplock Court System: A Consultation Paper

  PDF Document, 494 KB
  

• The Law on Knives in Northern Ireland: A Consultation

  PDF Document, 250 KB
  

• Reforming the Law on Sexual Offences in Northern Ireland - A Consultative Document Volume 1.pdf

  PDF Document, 218 KB
  

• Reforming the Law on Sexual Offences in Northern Ireland - A Consultative Document Volume 2.pdf

  PDF Document, 709 KB
  

• Consultation document on proposals for Carriage of Explosives (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

  PDF Document, 368 KB
  

• Consultation document on proposals for new regulations and an approved code of practice and guidance on the manufacture and storage of explosives in Northern Ireland

  PDF Document, 2.2 MB
  

• Consultation on proposals to amend the rehabilitation of Offenders (Exceptions) Order (NI) 1979

  PDF Document, 128 KB
  

• Draft Code of Practice for the detention and questioning of persons under section 41 and Schedule 8 of the Terrorism Act 2000

  PDF Document, 314 KB
  

• Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 - Draft Codes of Practice 2006 Edition

  PDF Document, 2.1 MB
  

• The Police and Criminal Evidence (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 and Explanatory Memorandum

  PDF Document, 445 KB
  

• Political donations in Northern Ireland - public consultation and summary of responses

  PDF Document, 179 KB
  

• Electoral Registration in Northern Ireland - public consultation and summary of responses

  PDF Document, 188 KB
  

• Bribery - Reform of the Preventation of Corruption Acts and SFO Powers in Cases of Bribery of Foreign Officials - Consultation paper

  PDF Document, 163 KB
  

• Northern Ireland addendum to Home Office consultation document on corruption law reform

  PDF Document, 89 KB
  

• Community-based Restorative Justice Schemes Draft Guidelines - public consultation and summary of responses

  PDF Document, 244 KB
  

• Corporate Manslaughter - public consultation and summary of responses

  PDF Document, 116 KB
  

• The Powers of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission

  PDF Document, 217 KB
  

• Similar offences consultation - allowing similar convictions to be used as evidence

  PDF Document, 86 KB
  

• Review of the Sentencing Framework in Northern Ireland - public consultation and summary of responses

  PDF Document, 341 KB
  

• Amendment to Code D of the Codes of Practice issued under the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 and Part II of the Section 99 Code of Practice issued under the Terrorism Act 2000

  PDF Document, 260 KB
  

• Fraud Law Reform - public consultation and summary of responses

  PDF Document, 1.4 MB
  

• The Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 Explanatory Document and summary of responses

  PDF Document, 202 KB
  

• Disclosure - codes of practice consultation and summary of responses

  PDF Document, 404 KB
  

• The Section 75 Equality Duty - an Operational Review

  PDF Document, 43 KB
  

• Services for victims and survivors of the troubles

  PDF Document, 304 KB
  

• Mediation Measures for Parades in Northern Ireland - a Consultation Document

  PDF Document, 175 KB
  

• Safer Recruitment in Northern Ireland - A consultation paper

  PDF Document, 929 KB
  

• Road Traffic Provisions - a public consultation and summary of responses

  PDF Document, 292 KB
  

• Consultation on the next phase of victims policy - summary of responses

  PDF Document, 106 KB
  

• Appointment of Independent Members to District Policing Partnerships (DPP) Code of Practice

  PDF Document, 425 KB
  

• Draft Anti Social Behaviour Order - Explanatory document

  PDF Document, 219 KB
  

• The way forward- Analysis of consultation

  PDF Document, 629 KB
  

• Road Traffic Penalties in Northern Ireland - A consultation document

  PDF Document, 449 KB
  

• State Pathologists Department - The Way Forward consultation document

  PDF Document, 154 KB
  

• Race crime and sectarian crime legislation In Northern Ireland: A Summary Paper

  PDF Document, 161 KB
  

• Race crime and sectarian crime legislation in Northern Ireland: A Consultation Paper

  PDF Document, 261 KB
  

• Government's response to the NI Human Rights Commission's review of powers recommendations

  PDF Document, 269 KB
  

• Creating a Safer Northern Ireland through Partnership

  PDF Document, 195 KB
  

• Terrorism Act 2000 - Video recording with sound code of practice

  PDF Document, 98 KB
  

• Review of the Criminal Justice System in Northern Ireland - A consultation paper

  PDF Document, 187 KB
  

Consultations

• draft statutory instrument victims of mentally disordered information (ni) scheme PDF Document, 22 KB
• Summary of Responses to Consultation on Mentally Disordered Offenders Victim Information Scheme PDF Document, 155 KB
• Consultation on Improving Adminstration of NI Assembly Elections PDF Document, 400 KB
• Proposed Draft Criminal Damage (Compensation)(Amendment)(Northern Ireland) Order 2008 Explanatory Document PDF Document, 223 KB
• Proposed draft Criminal Damage (Compensation) (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) PDF Document, 15 KB
• Draft Guidance Public Protection Arrangements Northern Ireland PDF Document, 528 KB
• Test Purchase of Alcohol, Equality Impact Assessment and Guideline Principles PDF Document, 278 KB