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Paragraph 288

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

Section 74 (court for trial) is amended as follows.

(2)

In subsection (1)—

(a)

after “unless” insert “ the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland directs that ”;

(b)

in paragraph (a) omit from “the Lord Chancellor” to “directs that”;

(c)

in paragraph (b) omit “the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland directs that”.

(3)

After subsection (1) insert—

“(1A)

The Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland may nominate any of the following to exercise his functions under subsection (1)—

(a)

the holder of one of the offices listed in Schedule 1 to the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002;

(b)

a Lord Justice of Appeal (as defined in section 88 of that Act).”