Overview Part 5: Miscellaneous.Arms decommissioning: extension of amnesty period
15.The Act enables the end date for the amnesty period under the Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning Act 1997 (c.7) to be changed so as to be on or before 27th February 2010 (instead of on or before 27th February 2007). The amnesty period is the period during which people are immune from prosecution for certain offences (set out in the Schedule to the 1997 Act) if they are acting in accordance with a decommissioning scheme.