Northern Ireland Act 2009 (c. 3)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 3 Amendments to the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002

6 (1) Amend section 7 as follows.

(2) In subsection (2) for “First Minister and deputy First Minister, acting jointly” substitute “Lord Chief Justice”.

(3) In subsection (3) for “First Minister and deputy First Minister” substitute “Lord Chief Justice”.

(4) In subsection (4) for “them” substitute “the Lord Chief Justice”.

(5) Omit subsection (5).

(6) After subsection (6) insert—

“(6A) If the Lord Chief Justice does not remove or suspend a person (“P”) in accordance with a recommendation as mentioned in subsection (3) or (4), the Lord Chief Justice must notify the following of the Lord Chief Justice’s reasons for not removing or suspending P—

(a) P;

(b) the tribunal;

(c) if the tribunal was convened by the Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Ombudsman, the Ombudsman.”

(7) In subsection (7)—

(a) for “(6)” substitute “(6A)”;

(b) for “section 12B” substitute “section 12C”;

(c) omit “(inserted by section 6 of this Act)”.