Section 12B of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 as substituted by section 6 of the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 (c. 26) is amended as follows.

In subsection (3)(b) at the end insert “or, if the Lord Chancellor is not a member of that House, by another Minister of the Crown at his request.”

In subsections (4) and (5) for “Neither the Prime Minister nor the Lord Chancellor may make” substitute “The Prime Minister may not make, and the Lord Chancellor may not make or request the making of,”.

In subsection (7) for the words from “and the Lord Chancellor” to the end substitute “and a person making such a motion in the House of Lords shall lay a copy of them before that House before making the motion.”