SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 18Amendments relating to Article 15(1) to (4) etc

PART 1Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom

Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978

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In section 53A (making of Crown Court rules)—

a

after subsection (1) insert—

1A

For the purposes of this section, “relevant authority” means—

a

in relation to Crown Court rules which deal (or would deal) with an excepted matter, the Lord Chancellor; and

b

otherwise, the Department of Justice;

and for the purposes of this subsection “deal with” and “excepted matter” have the same meanings as in the Northern Ireland Act 1998487.

b

for “Lord Chancellor” (wherever occurring) substitute “relevant authority”;

c

in subsection (3) for “him” substitute “it”;

d

in subsections (5) and (6) for “he” substitute “it”.