Part VII
- (c) the date on which the person would, but for his discharge in pursuance of prison rules, have been discharged from prison or a young offenders centre,
shall be evidence of the matters specified.
(7) In this section—
- “prison rules” means rules made under section 13 of the 1953 c. 18 (N.I.).Prison Act (Northern Ireland) 1953,
- “sentence of imprisonment” does not include a committal in default of payment of any sum of money or for want of sufficient distress to satisfy any sum of money or for failure to do or abstain from doing anything required to be done or left undone, and
- “young offenders centre” has the meaning assigned to it by section 2(a) of the 1968 c. 29 (N.I.).Treatment of Offenders Act (Northern Ireland) 1968.
(8) For the purposes of subsection (1) consecutive terms of imprisonment or of detention in a young offenders centre shall be treated as a single term and a sentence of imprisonment or detention in a young offenders centre includes—
- (a) a sentence or term passed by a court in the United Kingdom or any of the Islands, and
- (b) in the case of imprisonment, a sentence passed by a court-martial on a person found guilty of a civil offence within the meaning of the 1955 c. 18.
1955 c. 19.
1957 c. 53.Army Act 1955, the Air Force Act 1955 and the Naval Discipline Act 1957.
(9) The Secretary of State may by order substitute a different period for the period of one year mentioned in subsection (1).
(10) This section applies irrespective of when the discharge from prison or a young offenders centre took place but only if—
- (a) the scheduled offence is committed while this section is in force,
- (b) the offence (being a scheduled offence within the meaning of the 1996 c. 22.Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1996) was committed while section 16 of that Act was in force,
- (c) the offence (being a scheduled offence within the meaning of the 1991 c. 24.Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1991) was committed while section 15 of that Act was in force, or
- (d) the offence (being a scheduled offence within the meaning of the 1978 c. 5.
1989 c. 4.Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1978) was committed while section 23 of the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989 was in force.
Powers of arrest, search, &c.
Arrest of suspected terrorists: power of entry. 81. A constable may enter and search any premises if he reasonably suspects that a terrorist, within the meaning of section 40(1)(b), is to be found there.
Arrest and seizure: constables. 82.—(1) A constable may arrest without warrant any person if he reasonably suspects that the person is committing, has committed or is about to commit—
- (a) a scheduled offence, or
