(1)Her Majesty may from time to time appoint a Chief Child Support Commissioner for Northern Ireland and [F1other Child Support Commissioners for Northern Ireland].
(2)The Chief Child Support Commissioner for Northern Ireland and the other Child Support Commissioners for Northern Ireland shall be appointed from among persons who are barristers or solicitors of not less than [F27] years’ standing.
(3)Schedule 4 shall have effect with respect to Child Support Commissioners for Northern Ireland F3...
F4(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F4(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 23(1) substituted (12.4.2010) by Northern Ireland Act 2009 (c. 3), s. 5(7), Sch. 4 para. 22 (with Sch. 5 para. 16); S.I. 2010/812, art. 2
F2Figure in s. 23(2) substituted (21.7.2008) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), s. 148, Sch. 10 para. 22(3); S.I. 2008/1653, art. 2(d) (with arts. 3, 4)
F3Words in s. 23(3) omitted (3.11.2008) by virtue of The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2833), art. 1(1), Sch. 3 para. 83
F4S. 23(4)(5) repealed (2.12.1999) by Northern Ireland Act 1998 (c. 47), ss. 100(2), 101(3), Sch. 15 (with s. 95, Sch. 14); S.I. 1999/3209, art. 2, Sch.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 23 applied (18.6.1992) by S.I. 1991/2628, art. 2; S.R. 1992/278, art.2, Sch.