SCHEDULES

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

PART 1Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom

Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002

67.

(1)

Amend Schedule 2 (Judicial Appointments Commission) as follows.

(2)

After paragraph 4(2) insert—

“(2A)

Employment as a member of staff of the Commission is among the kinds of employment to which a scheme under Article 3 of the Superannuation (Northern Ireland) Order 1972525 can apply; and accordingly, in Schedule 1 to that Order (kinds of employment etc. referred to in Article 3), at the appropriate place in the list of “Other Bodies” insert—

“Employment by the Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission.”.

(3)

Omit paragraph 4(3)526 (and the Superannuation Act 1972527 has effect accordingly).

(4)

Sub-paragraph (3) above does not affect the position of any person under the Superannuation Act 1972 in relation to the person’s employment by the Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission before the coming into force of this Order.

(5)

Sub-paragraph (6) below applies in relation to a person who immediately before the coming into force of this Order is, by virtue of paragraph 4(3) of Schedule 2 to the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002528, a participant in the principal civil service pension scheme as defined in section 2(10) of the Superannuation Act 1972.

(6)

In relation to the person’s employment by the Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission after the coming into force of this Order, the person is entitled to be a participant in the principal civil service pension scheme as defined in Article 4(10) of the Superannuation (Northern Ireland) Order 1972529; and the person’s terms and conditions of service have effect accordingly.

(7)

In paragraph 5—

(a)

in sub-paragraph (6) for “each House of Parliament” substitute “the Northern Ireland Assembly”;

(b)

in sub-paragraph (7) for “each House of Parliament” substitute “the Northern Ireland Assembly”;

(c)

after sub-paragraph (7) insert—

“(7A)

Section 41(3) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954530 applies for the purposes of sub-paragraph (6) in relation to the laying of a copy of an annual report as it applies in relation to the laying of a statutory document under an enactment.”

(8)

In paragraph 7—

(a)

in sub-paragraph (2) for “Lord Chancellor directs” substitute “First Minister and deputy First Minister acting jointly direct”;

(b)

in sub-paragraph (3) for “Lord Chancellor” (in both places) substitute “Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister”;

(c)

in sub-paragraphs (3)(b) and (4) for “Comptroller and Auditor General” substitute “Comptroller and Auditor General for Northern Ireland”;

(d)

in sub-paragraph (4)(b) for “each House of Parliament” substitute “the Northern Ireland Assembly”;

(e)

after sub-paragraph (4) insert—

“(4A)

Section 41(3) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 applies for the purposes of sub-paragraph (4) in relation to the laying of a copy of a statement of accounts or report as it applies in relation to the laying of a statutory document under an enactment.”

(9)

Sub-paragraph (8) above does not apply in relation to a financial year ending before the coming into force of this Order.