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

SCHEDULES

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

PART 1 U.K. Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom

Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 U.K.

14.  In section 53A (making of Crown Court rules)— U.K.

(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 1998(1).”;

(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”.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 18 para. 14 in force at 12.4.2010, see art. 1(2)

(1)

1998 c. 47.