{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1988/schedule-3/paragraph-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1988/schedule-3/paragraph-12.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1988/33",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice Act 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1988",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/12",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In the application of this Schedule to Northern Ireland—\n(a) any reference to the Attorney General shall be construed as a reference to the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland;\n(b) any reference (except in paragraph 11(1)) to the registrar of criminal appeals shall be construed as a reference to the Master (Queen’s Bench and Appeals);\n(c) the reference in paragraph 11(1) to central funds shall be construed as a reference to money provided by Parliament;\n(d) the reference in paragraph 11(1) to the registrar of criminal appeals shall be construed as a reference to the Master (Taxing Office);\n(da) paragraph 1 has effect as if sub-paragraphs (2) to (5) were omitted;\n(e) paragraph 11 has effect as if sub-paragraphs (2) to (4) were omitted.",
  "extent": "E+W+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 para. 12 substituted (12.4.2010) by Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 (c. 26), s. 87(1), Sch. 12 para. 41; S.R. 2010/113, art. 2, Sch. para. 20(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 para. 12 substituted (1.10.2012) by Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), s. 151(1), Sch. 7 para. 11(3)(a) (with Sch. 7 Pt. 4); S.I. 2012/2412, art. 2(g)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 12(da) inserted (29.6.2026) by Victims and Courts Act 2026 (c. 19), ss. 13(3), 18(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 12(e) inserted (1.10.2012) by Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), s. 151(1), Sch. 7 para. 11(3)(b) (with Sch. 7 Pt. 4); S.I. 2012/2412, art. 2(g)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2026/19",
      "affecting_title": "Victims and Courts Act 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/33/schedule/3/paragraph/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:47:56.668542+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."
}