Deputy Child Support CommissionersU.K.
4[F1(1)The Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission may appoint persons to act as Child Support Commissioners for Northern Ireland (but to be known as deputy Child Support Commissioners for Northern Ireland) in order to facilitate the disposal of the business of Child Support Commissioners for Northern Ireland.]U.K.
[F1(2)A deputy Child Support Commissioner for Northern Ireland shall be appointed—
(a)from among persons who are barristers or solicitors of not less than the number of years' standing specified in section 23(2), and
(b)subject to sub-paragraph (2A), for such period or on such occasions as the Commission determines with the agreement of the [F2Department of Justice].]
[F3(2A)No appointment of a person to be a deputy Child Support Commissioner [F4for Northern Ireland] shall be such as to extend beyond the date on which he reaches the age of 70; but this sub-paragraph is subject to section 26(4) to (6) of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (power to authorise continuance in office up to the age of 75).]
[F5(3)Paragraph 2 applies to deputy Child Support Commissioners for Northern Ireland, but paragraph 3 does not apply to them.]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 4 para. 4(1)(2) substituted (12.4.2010) by Northern Ireland Act 2009 (c. 3), s. 5(7), Sch. 4 para. 23 (with Sch. 5 para. 16); S.I. 2010/812, art. 2
F2Words in Sch. 4 para. 4(2)(b) substituted (N.I.) (12.4.2010) by Department of Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 (c. 3), s. 3(2), Sch. para. 7; S.R. 2010/147, art. 2(2)
F3Sch. 4 para. 4(2A) inserted (31.3.1995) by Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (c. 8), s. 31(2), Sch. 6 para. 23(3) (with Sch. 7 paras. 2(2), 3(2), 4); S.I. 1995/631, art. 2
F4Words in Sch. 4 para. 4(2A) inserted (3.11.2008) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2833), art. 1(1), Sch. 3 para. 97(7)(e)
F5Sch. 4 para. 4(3) substituted (3.11.2008) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2833), art. 1(1), Sch. 3 para. 97(7)(f)