SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 5Functions under legislation relating to Northern Ireland
Part 1Amendments
Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (S.I. 1986/595 (N.I. 4))
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(1)
Article 83 (procedure of tribunal) is amended as follows.
(2)
In paragraph (1) after “Lord Chancellor may” insert “
, after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice,
”
.
(3)
After paragraph (1) insert—
“(1A)
The Lord Chief Justice may nominate any of the following to exercise his functions under paragraph (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).”