74(1)Schedule 3 to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (tribunal, advisory bodies and professional panels) is amended as follows.U.K.
(2)In the table in paragraph 21 (application of Parts 1 to 3 to Northern Ireland), in the entry for paragraph 1—
(a)for “the references to the Lord Chancellor and” substitute “ any reference to ”;
(b)for “respectively references to the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland and” substitute “ a reference to ”.
(3)In that table, in the entry for paragraph 13—
(a)for “the references to the Lord Chancellor and” substitute “ any reference to the ”;
(b)for “respectively references to the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland and” substitute “ a reference to ”;
(c)at the end of that entry insert—
| “ | After sub-paragraph (2) there shall be inserted— “(3)The Lord Chancellor must obtain the concurrence of the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland before exercising his functions under sub-paragraph (1)(a). (4)The Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland may nominate any of the following to exercise his functions under sub-paragraph (3) (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).”” |