Constitutional Reform Act 2005

Administration of Estates (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (S.I. 1979/1575 (N.I. 14))

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44(1)Article 20 (inheritance tax accounts) is amended as follows.

(2)In paragraph (2) for “Lord Chancellor” substitute “Lord Chief Justice”.

(3)After paragraph (2) insert—

(2A)The Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland may nominate any of the following to exercise his functions under paragraph (2)—

(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).