SCHEDULE

PART 2SECONDARY LEGISLATION

The Lay Magistrates (Eligibility) (Northern Ireland) Order 200432

1

The Lay Magistrates (Eligibility) (Northern Ireland) Order 200434 is amended as follows.

2

In Article 2 (Eligibility of persons for appointment as Lay Magistrates)—

a

for paragraph (i) substitute—

i

if he is an undischarged bankrupt or his estate has been sequestrated and he has not been discharged or he has made a composition or arrangement with, or granted a trust deed for, his creditors;

b

after sub-paragraph (i) insert—

ia

if he is the subject of a bankruptcy restrictions order under Schedule 2A to the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 or Schedule 4A to the Insolvency Act 1986; or