SCHEDULES

[F1 SCHEDULE 3A N.I. The Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Ombudsman

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 3A inserted (25.9.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 124, 148, Sch. 15; S.I. 2006/1537, art. 3

[F2 Meaning of “specified functions” and “practising” N.I.

Textual Amendments

F2 Sch. 3A paras. 1-1C and cross-headings substituted for Sch. 3A para. 1 (1.4.2016) by Public Services Ombudsman Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 4), s. 64, Sch. 6 para. 4

1C (1) For the purposes of this Schedule, the functions of the Ombudsman set out in the following provisions are specified functions— N.I.

(a) section 8;

(b) in section 9D, subsections (2), (3) and (4);

(c) section 9E;

(d) section 9F;

(e) section 9H.

(2) In section 7(6A)(c), the function of convening a tribunal by the Ombudsman is a specified function for the purposes of this Schedule, but the person to be notified by the Lord Chief Justice under that subsection is the Ombudsman and not a person that the Ombudsman has directed to exercise a specified function.]

2 (1) In this Schedule “practising” is to be read in accordance with sub-paragraphs (2) and (3). N.I.

(2) A barrister in England and Wales, an advocate in Scotland or a member of the Bar of Northern Ireland is practising if he is—

(a) practising as such,

(b) employed to give legal advice, or

(c) providing legal advice under a contract for services.

(3) A solicitor of the Supreme Court, a solicitor in Scotland or a [F3 solicitor of the Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland] is practising if he is—

(a) acting as such,

(b) employed to give legal advice, or

(c) providing legal advice under a contract for services.]

Textual Amendments

F3 Words in Sch. 3A para. 2(3) substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 59(5), 148, Sch. 11 para. 5; S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2