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Disarmament – 2002

After the arrest of IRA suspects in 2001, the 1997 Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning Act was amended and legally required the Loyalist and Republican groups to put their weapons beyond use under the supervision of the IICD. The amendment was passed on 26 February 2002. The amendment extended the deadline for decommissioning until 27 February 2003 and contained a provision for its annual extension until 2007.¹

1. “Northern Ireland Arms Decommission (Amendment) Act 2002,” The National Archives, accessed January 31, 2013, www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/6/contents.