1.  This Order may be cited as the Judicial Committee (Devolution Issues) Rules Order 1999 and shall come into force as provided in article 4.

2.  The Rules set out in the Schedule to this Order shall have effect and may be cited as the Judicial Committee (Devolution Issues) Rules 1999.

3.  The Judicial Committee (General Appellate Jurisdiction) Rules(1) shall not apply to matters falling within the scope of the Rules scheduled to this Order.

4.  This Order shall come into force as follows—

(a) Parts II and III of the Schedule on 6th May 1999;

(b) Part IV of the Schedule on the day appointed for the commencement of Parts II and III of the Northern Ireland Act 1998;

(c) articles 2 and 3 and Parts I and V of the Schedule on the same dat as Parts II and III of the Schedule, or on the same day as art IV, whichever is the earlier;

(d) save as aforesaid, on the day it is made.

A. K. Galloway

Clerk of the Privy Council