83.This section enables the Secretary of State to make regulations for the preservation of the peace and the maintenance of order. The Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Regulations 1975 and 1991 (SI 1975/2213 and 1991/1759) were made under the equivalent section of the EPA. The power is wide-ranging but regulations made under it are subject to the affirmative resolution procedure by Parliament.
Commentary Part Vii: Northern Ireland Section 96: Preservation of the peace: regulations