The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 No. 976

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 13 U.K. Amendments of the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002

15.—(1) Amend section 69A(1) (information about discharge and leave of absence of mentally disordered persons) as follows. U.K.

(2) In subsections (1), (4) and (6) for “Secretary of State” (in all places) substitute “Department of Justice”.

(3) In subsection (7)—

(a) for “Secretary of State” substitute “Department of Justice”;

(b) for “him” substitute “it”.

(4) In subsection (11) for “Secretary of State” substitute “Department of Justice”.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 13 para. 15 in force at 12.4.2010, see art. 1(2)

(1)

Section 69A was inserted by section 46 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2003 (c. 28).