SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 4Other functions of the Lord Chancellor and organisation of the courts
Part 1Amendments
Terrorism Act 2000 (c. 11)
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1
Section 74 (court for trial) is amended as follows.
2
In subsection (1)—
a
after “unless” insert “
the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland directs that
”
;
b
in paragraph (a) omit from “the Lord Chancellor” to “directs that”;
c
in paragraph (b) omit “the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland directs that”.
3
After subsection (1) insert—
1A
The Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland may nominate any of the following to exercise his functions under subsection (1)—
a
the holder of one of the offices listed in Schedule 1 to the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002;
b
a Lord Justice of Appeal (as defined in section 88 of that Act).