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(1) This Order may be cited as the Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998 (Specified Organisations) Order 2001 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
(2) The Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998 (Specified Organisations) Order 1999 is hereby revoked.
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The organisations specified in the Schedule to this Order are specified organisations for the purposes of the Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998.
John Reid
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries
Northern Ireland Office
12th October 2001
SCHEDULE
Article 2


 The Continuity Irish Republican Army
 The Loyalist Volunteer Force
 The organisation using the name “The Orange Volunteers” and in the name of which a statement described as a press release was published on 14 October 1998
 The “Real” Irish Republican Army
 The Red Hand Defenders
 The Ulster Defence Association
 The Ulster Freedom Fighters
