
1 
This Order may be cited as the Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning Act 1997 (Amnesty Period) Order 1999 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
2 
The day hereby appointed for the purposes of section 2(2)(b) of the Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning Act 1997 (“the 1997 Act”) is 24th February 2000, being not more than 12 months after the day on which this Order is made or more than five years after the day on which the 1997 Act was passed.
3 
The Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning Act 1997 (Amnesty Period) Order 1998 is hereby revoked.
Marjorie Mowlam
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
Northern Ireland Office
25th February 1999