Statutory Rules (Northern Ireland) Order 1979

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 ....

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 I repealed (1.6.2009) by Public Authorities (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 3), ss. 1(3)(b), 6, 7(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 7, Sch. 3 (with Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para.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 Sch. 1 Pt. I entry omitted (6.4.2018 immediately after 2016 c. 16 (N.I.), s. 8(2) comes into force) by virtue of The Financial Services Act 2012 (Mutual Societies) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/323), art. 1, Sch. 4 para. 3 (with art. 3)

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.