Statutory Rules (Northern Ireland) Order 1979

SCHEDULES

Article 3(1).

SCHEDULE 1 N.I. RULE-MAKING AUTHORITIES

PART I N.I. AUTHORITIES WHO ARE RULE-MAKING AUTHORITIES

Administrative authorities N.I.

• The Secretary of State.

• The Minister for the Civil Service.

• [F1 The First Minister and deputy First Minister acting jointly.]

• The Treasury.

• The Commissioners of Customs and Excise.

• The Commissioners of Inland Revenue.

• Any Northern Ireland department or the[F1 Minister] of such a department.

• [F2 Any officer acting by virtue of a Minute made by the Minister of a department under Article 4(2)(b) of the Departments (Northern Ireland) Order 1999].

F1 SI 1999/663

F2 1999 NI 1

Legal authorities N.I.

• The Lord Chancellor.

• The Lord Chief Justice or any other judge of the High Court or the Court of Appeal.

• The Attorney-General.

• The Non-contentious Costs Committee established under Article[F3 71] of the Solicitors (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 [1976 NI 12] .

• The Northern Ireland Crown Court Rules Committee.

• [F4 The Northern Ireland Family Proceedings Rules Committee].

• The Northern Ireland Supreme Court Rules Committee.

• Any authority having for the time being power to make—

  (a)

  county court rules;

  (b)

  magistrates' courts rules; or

  (c)

  rules or orders under section 21 of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 [1954 c.33] , regulating the practice and procedure of any court or tribunal.

F3 1976 NI 12 as subst. by 1989 NI 14

F4 1993 NI 6

Other authorities N.I.

• The Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary.

• [F5 The Director General of Electricity Supply for Northern Ireland.]

• [F6 The Director General of Gas for Northern Ireland.]

• F7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• [F8 The Foyle, Carlingford and Irish Lights Commission].

• [F9 The Northern Ireland Assembly Commission]

• F10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• [F11 The Northern Ireland Authority for [F12 Utility] Regulation.]

• [F8 Waterways Ireland]

• The Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland or the Council of that Society.

• The presiding officer of the Assembly.

• [F13 The Registrar of Credit Unions for Northern Ireland].

F5 1992 NI 1

F6 1996 NI 2

F7 Words in Sch. 1 Pt. I repealed (1.6.2009) by Public Authorities (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 3), ss. 1(3)(b), 6, 7(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 7, Sch. 3 (with Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 4(3)); S.R. 2009/172, art. 2(a)(b)(e)

F8 SI 1999/859

F9 Sch. 1 Pt. I: entry inserted (29.3.2011) by Assembly Members (Independent Financial Review and Standards) Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 17), ss. 36, 38(1)(c), Sch. 5 para. 1

F10 Sch. 1 Pt. I: entry relating to the Northern Ireland Assembly Commission repealed (10.2.2011) by Allowances to Members of the Assembly (Repeal) Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 8), ss. 1(2), 2

F11 2003 NI 6

F12 Word in Sch. 1 Pt. I substituted (1.4.2007) by Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/3336 (N.I. 21)), arts. 1(2)(5), 308(1), Sch. 12 para. 15 (with arts. 8(8), 121(3), 307); S.R. 2007/194, art. 2(2), Sch. 1 Pt. II (with art. 3, Sch. 2)

F13 1992 c. 40

PART II N.I. RULE-MAKING AUTHORITIES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 4( b)

Administrative authorities N.I.

• The Secretary of State (in relation, by virtue of[F14 section 95(5) of and paragraph 8 of Schedule 12 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998], to any power originally conferred on the Governor either acting alone or by and with the advice of the Privy Council of Northern Ireland).

• Any Northern Ireland department or the[F15 Minister] of such a department.

• [F16 Any officer acting by virtue of a Minute made by the Minister of a department under Article 4(2)(b) of the Departments (Northern Ireland) Order 1999].

F14 1998 c. 47

F15 SI 1999/663

F16 1999 NI 1

Legal authorities N.I.

• The Lord Chief Justice.

Other authorities N.I.

• The Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary.

Article 4(c)

SCHEDULE 2 N.I. STATUTORY PROVISIONS EMPOWERING THE MAKING OF SCHEMES WHICH ARE STATUTORY RULES

Statute	Subject matter of scheme
The Development Loans Act (Northern Ireland) 1945, section 3.	Harbour development loans.
The Agriculture Act (Northern Ireland) 1949.	Improvement of land, livestock and poultry.
The Agriculture (Temporary Assistance) Acts (Northern Ireland) 1954 and 1957.	Assisting agricultural industry.
F17 . . .	F17 . . .
The Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 1959.	Destruction of vermin.
The Fishing Vessels (Grants) Act (Northern Ireland) 1967.	Grants in relation to fishing vessels.
The Poultry Improvement Act (Northern Ireland) 1968, sections 1 and 8(1).	Poultry improvement and poultry testing.
The Development Loans (Agriculture and Fisheries) Act (Northern Ireland) 1968, sections 1(2) and 5(1).	Agricultural development loans and fishery development loans.
The Fish Industry Act (Northern Ireland) 1972.	Financial aid for fish industry.
[F18 The Agriculture and Fisheries (Financial Assistance) (Northern Ireland) Order 1987—]
[F18 Part III]	[F18 Farm Structure grants]
[F18 Part IV]	[F18 Grants for purposes connected with co-operative activities]
[F18 Part V]	[F18 Farm capital grants]
[F18 Part VI]	[F18 Financial assistance for sea fish industry]
[F19 The Agriculture (Northern Ireland) Order 1993, Article 26]	[F19 Grants for marketing agricultural produce, etc.]

F17 1981 NI 22

F18 1987 NI 1

F19 1993 NI 10

Articles 5(2)(c), 7(5).

SCHEDULE 3 N.I. RULES EXEMPTED UNDER ARTICLE 5(2)( c) FROM THE REQUIREMENTS OF THAT SUB-PARAGRAPH

1.  Orders under section 11 of the Boundary Survey (Ireland) Act 1854 [1854 c.17] . N.I.

2.  Orders under section 162, 163 or 164 of the Public Health (Ireland) Act 1878 [1878 c.52] . N.I.

3.  Orders under section 3 of the Public Health Acts Amendment Act 1907 [1907 c.53] . N.I.

Para. 4 rep. by 1981 NI 14

5.  Orders under section 2(1) of the Land Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 1932 [1932 c.16] . N.I.

6.  Orders under section 5 of the Hairdressers Act (Northern Ireland) 1939 [1939 c.3] . N.I.

[F20 7.   Orders under Article 13, 14, 68 or 69 of the Roads (Northern Ireland) Order 1993.] N.I.

F20 1993 NI 15

[F21 7A.   Orders under Article 4, 10, 13, 15, [F22 27A,] 36(3)(a), 37, 38, 40(2), (3) or (7) or 66 of the Road Traffic Regulation (Northern Ireland) Order 1997] N.I.

F21 1997 NI 2

F22 Words in Sch. 3 para. 7A inserted (23.11.2009) by Taxis Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 4), ss. 21(3), 59; S.R. 2009/352, art. 2, Sch.

8.  Statutory rules of a temporary character which in the opinion of the rule-making authority are likely to cease to be in force within three months after they are made, or, if they are published in full in the Belfast Gazette, within six months after they are made. N.I.

N.I.

Schedule 4—Amendments

N.I.

Schedule 5—Repeals