The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010

53.  In Schedule 1 (qualified privilege)— U.K.

(a) in paragraph 15—

(i) for sub-paragraph (1)(a) substitute—

“(a) for England and Wales, by order of the Lord Chancellor,”;

(ii) after sub-paragraph (1)(b) insert—

“, and

(c) for Northern Ireland, by order of the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland”;

(iii) in sub-paragraph (2) at the beginning insert “Subject to sub-paragraph (3),”;

(iv) after sub-paragraph (2) insert—

“(3) An order under sub-paragraph (1)(c) shall be made by statutory rule for the purposes of the Statutory Rules (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 and subject to negative resolution within the meaning of section 41(6) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954.”;

(b) in paragraph 17—

(i) for sub-paragraph (2)(a) substitute—

“(a) for England and Wales, by the Lord Chancellor,”;

(ii) after sub-paragraph (2)(b) insert—

“, and

(c) for Northern Ireland, by the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland”;

(iii) in sub-paragraph (3) at the beginning insert “Subject to sub-paragraph (4),”;

(iv) after sub-paragraph (3) insert—

“(4) An order under sub-paragraph (2)(c) shall be made by statutory rule for the purposes of the Statutory Rules (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 and subject to negative resolution within the meaning of section 41(6) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954.”

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 18 para. 53 in force at 12.4.2010, see art. 1(2)