
1 
This Order may be cited as the Suppression of Terrorism Act 1978 (Application of Provisions) (Republic of Ireland) Order 1989 and shall come into force on 18th December 1989.
2 
The following provisions of section 1 of the Suppression of Terrorism Act 1978 (cases in which certain offences are not to be regarded as of a political character), namely –
(a) subsection (3)(c);
(b) subsection (3)(d)(ii),are hereby applied respectively to warrants of the kind mentioned in section 1(1)(a) of the Backing of Warrants (Republic of Ireland) Act 1965 issued in the Republic of Ireland while this Order is in force and to criminal proceedings instituted in the Republic of Ireland while this Order is in force.
David Waddington
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
Home Office
7th December 1989