SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 5Functions under legislation relating to Northern Ireland

Part 1Amendments

Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/1675 (N.I. 26))

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(1)

Article 6A (costs in legal proceedings) is amended as follows.

(2)

In paragraph (4) after “Lord Chancellor may” insert “ , after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice, ”.

(3)

After paragraph (4) insert—

“(4A)

The Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland may nominate any of the following to exercise his functions under paragraph (4)—

(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).”