Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 5 U.K. Functions under legislation relating to Northern Ireland

Part 2 U.K. Amendments relating to enactments repealed or amended otherwise than by this Act

Administration of Estates (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (S.I. 1979/1575 (N.I. 14)) U.K.

133 (1) Article 27 of the Administration of Estates (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (depositories of wills of living persons) is amended as follows. U.K.

(2) That Article becomes paragraph (1) of Article 27.

(3) In that paragraph, for “the directions of the Lord Chancellor” substitute “ directions given by the Lord Chief Justice with the concurrence of the Lord Chancellor ”.

(4) After that paragraph insert—

“(2) The Lord Chief Justice may nominate any of the following to exercise his functions under this Article—

(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).”

(5) In relation to the enactment referred to in this paragraph, the original amending provision is section 75 of, and Part 2 of Schedule 9 to, the Administration of Justice Act 1982 (c. 53).