Paragraph 74

(1)

Schedule 3 to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (tribunal, advisory bodies and professional panels) is amended as follows.

(2)

In the table in paragraph 21 (application of Parts 1 to 3 to Northern Ireland), in the entry for paragraph 1—

(a)

for “the references to the Lord Chancellor and” substitute “ any reference to ”;

(b)

for “respectively references to the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland and” substitute “ a reference to ”.

(3)

In that table, in the entry for paragraph 13—

(a)

for “the references to the Lord Chancellor and” substitute “ any reference to the ”;

(b)

for “respectively references to the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland and” substitute “ a reference to ”;

(c)

at the end of that entry insert—

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After sub-paragraph (2) there shall be inserted—
“(3)
The Lord Chancellor must obtain the concurrence of the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland before exercising his functions under sub-paragraph (1)(a).
(4)
The Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland may nominate any of the following to exercise his functions under sub-paragraph (3)
(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).”
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