Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 17 Minor and consequential amendments

Part 3 Northern Ireland

Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (c. 23)

36 (1) 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.

(2) 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.”

(3) 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,”.

(4) 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.”

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

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

38 In section 6, for the words from the beginning to “insert—” substitute “For section 12B of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 substitute—”.

39 In Schedule 13 (repeals and revocations) insert in the appropriate place—

“Constitutional Reform Act 2005

Sections 133 to 135.”