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Paragraph 3

Northern Ireland

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In such circumstances as the Lord Chancellor mayF1, after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice, by order specify, the jurisdiction of a court of summary jurisdiction to make an emergency protection order may be exercised by a resident magistrate or a member of a juvenile court panel.

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Words in Sch. 7 para. 3 inserted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15(2), 148(1), Sch. 5 para. 101(4); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 12(b)