{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-northern-ireland-order-1995/article-181A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-northern-ireland-order-1995/article-181A.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1995/755",
  "legislation_title": "The Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-northern-ireland-order-1995",
  "path": "article/181A",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "181A",
  "heading": "Delegation of functions by Lord Chief Justice",
  "text": "(1) The Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland may nominate any of the following to exercise a delegable function—\n(a) the holder of one of the offices listed in Schedule 1 to the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002;\n(b) a Lord Justice of Appeal (as defined in section 88 of that Act).\n(2) In paragraph (1) “delegable function” means a function under any of these provisions of this Order—\n(a) Article 4(2);\n(b) Article 166(14);\n(c) Article 169(5);\n(d) Article 170(5);\n(e) in Schedule 1, paragraph 6(2);\n(f) in Schedule 7—\n(i) paragraph 1(1), (2) and (4);\n(ii) paragraph 2(1) and (5);\n(iii) paragraph 3;\n(iv) paragraph 4(4), (6)(a) and (7).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 181A inserted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15(2), 148(1), Sch. 5 para. 99; S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 12(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words repealed",
      "affecting": "nia/2022/18",
      "affecting_title": "Adoption and Children Act (Northern Ireland) 2022"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1995/755/article/181A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:44:31.848331+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}