SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 17Minor and consequential amendments

Part 2Amendments relating to Part 3

Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 (c. 26)

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1

The Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 is amended as follows.

2

In each of—

a

section 8(4)(a),

b

section 24(4)(a), and

c

section 43(5)(a),

(tribunals for considering removal from certain offices) for the words from “holds the office” to “Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1887 (c. 70))” substitute “ holds high judicial office, within the meaning of Part 3 of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 ”.

3

Omit section 18(1) (amendment of section 6 of the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876).