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

A Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland: Next Steps (Responses)

• Government Response to Consultation on Political Donations and Loans in Northern Ireland (January 2011)

  PDF Document, 140 KB

• Summary of Responses - Consultation on the Draft Strategy for the Management of Women Offenders

  PDF Document, 383 KB

• Donations and Loans to Northern Ireland Political Parties - The Confidentiality Arrangements

  PDF Document, 197 KB

• Consultation paper - A Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland: Next steps

  PDF Document, 656 KB

• Government Response to Consultation on Filling Vacancies on District Councils

  PDF Document, 123 KB

• Consultation on Filling Local Council Vacancies

  PDF Document, 146 KB

• Government response to consultation: Improving electoral registration procedures in Northern Ireland

  PDF Document, 134 KB

• Consultation on 50:50 provisions

  PDF Document, 165 KB

• Equality Screening Form - Consultation on the Knowing or Reckless Misuse of Personal Data

  PDF Document, 28 KB

• Consultation on increasing penalties under section 55 of the DPA - Equality Screening Form

  PDF Document, 28 KB

• Consultation on increasing the penalties for section 55 (Data Protection Act) offences (RESPONSES TO NORTHERN IRELAND)

  PDF Document, 8 KB

• Consultation on 'The knowing or reckless misuse of personal data - Introducing custodial sentences' (RESPONSES TO MOJ)

  PDF Document, 168 KB

• Alternatives to Prosecution consultation - summary of responses October 2009

  PDF Document, 166 KB

• Fine Default Consultation - Summary of Responses and Way Forward

  PDF Document, 261 KB

• Note re. Consultation on the Pyrotechnic Articles (Safety) Regulations 2009

  PDF Document, 4 KB

• Consultation on the Pyrotechnic Articles (Safety) Regulations 2009

  PDF Document, 955 KB

• Consultation on a revised Code of Practice for Victims and Witnesses of Crime

  PDF Document, 224 KB

• Community Safety together stronger safer - summary of responses

  PDF Document, 242 KB

• Community safety in Northern Ireland - action plan to develop a revised community safety strategy

  PDF Document, 46 KB

• Consultation on Improving Electoral Registration Procedures in Northern Ireland

  PDF Document, 120 KB

• Electoral registration procedures - consultation response document

  Microsoft Word, 306 KB

• Sports law and spectator controls - a consultation undertaken by the Northern Ireland Office

  PDF Document, 112 KB

• Sport spectator controls - easy read consultation document

  PDF Document, 156 KB

• NIO policy equality screening form - alcohol etc

  PDF Document, 258 KB

• Report on consultation on proposals to amend the Rehabilitation of Offenders (Exceptions) Order (N.I.) 1979

  PDF Document, 124 KB

• Consultation Paper - Response Form Dealing with the Past in Northern Ireland: The Recommendations of the Consultative Group on the Past

  Microsoft Word, 1.2 MB

• Consultation Paper - Dealing with the Past in Northern Ireland: The recommendations of the Consulative Group on the past

  PDF Document, 234 KB

• Consultation letter - Keeping the right people on the DNA database

  PDF Document, 139 KB

• Consultation Paper - Keeping the right people on the DNA Database

  PDF Document, 4.1 MB

• Government response to anonymous registration: Protecting voters at risk in Northern Ireland

  PDF Document, 176 KB

• Draft Strategy for Management of Women Offenders in Northern Ireland: A Consultation

  PDF Document, 451 KB

• Summary of responses: Making sure crime does not pay

  PDF Document, 218 KB

• Murder, manslaughter and infanticide: proposals for reform of the law Summary of responses and Government position

  PDF Document, 449 KB

• Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 - Government Proposals in Response to a Review of Police and Criminal Evidence (PACE) in Northern Ireland

  PDF Document, 373 KB

• Equality Impact Assessment and Guideline Principles for test purchase of alcohol - summary of responses to consultation

  PDF Document, 165 KB

• Proposed Northern Ireland Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme 2009 - Summary of Consultation Responses and Way Forward

  PDF Document, 106 KB

• Juvenile Justice Centre (Northern Ireland) rules summary of responses to consultation and equality screening document

  PDF Document, 178 KB

• Government Response to Consultation on Improving the Administration of NI Assembly Elections

  PDF Document, 87 KB

• Consultation on proposals to amend the Manufacture and Storage of Explosives Regulations (Northern Ireland)2006

  PDF Document, 247 KB

• Launch of consultation on the new 5 year Community Safety Strategy for Northern Ireland

  PDF Document, 230 KB

• Explosives (Amendment) Regulations Consultative Document

  PDF Document, 161 KB

• Annex 1 - Draft Explosives (Amendment) Regulations

  PDF Document, 9 KB

• Annex 2 - Initial Impact Assessment - Explosives (Amendment) Regulations

  PDF Document, 36 KB

• Annex 3 - Equality Screening Form re Explosives (Amendment) Regulations

  PDF Document, 34 KB

• Fine Default in Northern Ireland Equality Impact Screening Exercise

  PDF Document, 183 KB

• Fine Default in Northern Ireland A Consultation

  PDF Document, 373 KB

• PSNI/PSNI Reserve (Full Time) (Severance) (Amendment) Regulations 2008

  PDF Document, 11 KB

• 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

• 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

• Test Purchase of Alcohol, Equality Impact Assessment and Guideline Principles

  PDF Document, 278 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

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

  PDF Document, 445 KB

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

  PDF Document, 2.1 MB

• 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

• Equality Scheme Consultation Document

  PDF Document, 228 KB

• Consultation Document on the Code of Practice for the video recording with sound of interview in terrorism cases

  PDF Document, 356 KB