Receive today's headlines directly to your inbox every morning and evening, with our free daily newsletter.Įnter email address This field is required Sign Up Stations under review for closure are: Castlederg, Portrush, Cushendall, Ballyclare, Carrickfergus, Tandragee, Edward Street Portadown and Beragh.ĭaily Headlines & Evening Telegraph Newsletter The PSNI has insisted that policing remains a 24/7 operation and that "normal policing will carry on" despite station closures. There are currently only two full-time stations and 59 with limited opening hours, following a previous shake-up of the police estate to address budget pressures. Ten years ago, there were 140 police stations in Northern Ireland. Information obtained by the Belfast Telegraph shows that Strand Road Police Station in Londonderry, which is currently open 24 hours, is one of those under review for reduced opening. If current proposals are accepted by the Policing Board, the province will be left with just one 24-hour police station, at Musgrave Street in Belfast.Įight stations are under consideration for closure while another 16 face having their opening hours reduced further, according to the PSNI. Specifically, the changes made to the list of prescribed police stations are: the name of Newry police station has been changed to its official name of Ardmore police station and the name of Craigavon police station has been changed to its official name of Lurgan police station Strandtown police station and Cookstown police station have been removed from the list, as they no longer provide the required facilities to receive relevant offenders and the addresses of Musgrave police station and Omagh police station have been changed to take account of their relocation.The PSNI has been warned to stop "wiping out" the police estate, as another 24 stations across Northern Ireland face closure or reduced opening hours. 2010/207) so as to provide an updated list of prescribed police stations which are available to relevant sex offenders in Northern Ireland, for notification purposes. These Regulations revoke Schedule 2 to the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Prescribed Police Stations) Regulations 2010 ( S.I. In their application to Northern Ireland references to police areas in Part 2 of the 2003 Act are to be read as references to Northern Ireland (section 136(3) of the 2003 Act). Section 88(3) of the 2003 Act applies as if Northern Ireland were a police area (section 88(5) of the 2003 Act). These Regulations prescribe those police stations in Northern Ireland.įor the purposes of section 87 of the 2003 Act, “local police area” is defined in section 88(3) of the 2003 Act. Section 87(1) of the 2003 Act provides that relevant offenders give such notification by attending at any police station in the relevant offender’s local police area which is prescribed in regulations. ![]() ![]() ![]() The 2003 Act requires relevant offenders to notify certain personal information to the police, both at the outset and periodically thereafter. These offenders are called “relevant offenders”. The Sexual Offences Act 2003 (“the 2003 Act”) imposes notification requirements on offenders convicted of certain sexual offences. ![]() (This note is not part of the Regulations)
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