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Mark Devenport | 16:48 UK time, Wednesday, 3 December 2008

Back in May Shaun Woodward warned loyalists that the decommissioning Some of my colleagues were left with the distinct impression that this meant the law which allows paramilitaries to hand over or destroy guns without risking prosecution would not be renewed when its term expires next February.

But today the SoS has announced the legislation will be renewed for another year. The NIO statement is headlined "Woodward calls time on decommissioning legislation" and refers to the roll over as a "final extension to February 2010".

End result, the loyalists have 12 more months to get on board.

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