SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 5Functions under legislation relating to Northern Ireland
Part 1Amendments
Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/1675 (N.I. 26))
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1
Article 6A (costs in legal proceedings) is amended as follows.
2
In paragraph (4) after “Lord Chancellor may” insert “
, after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice,
”
.
3
After paragraph (4) insert—
4A
The Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland may nominate any of the following to exercise his functions under paragraph (4)—
a
the holder of one of the offices listed in Schedule 1 to the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002;
b
a Lord Justice of Appeal (as defined in section 88 of that Act).