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The Juries (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (Amendment) Regulations 2003

S.R. 2003/474 · Made 6 November 2003

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JURIES

Made 6th November 2003

To be laid before Parliament

Coming into operation 1st December 2003

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by Articles 4(10)(a) and 30(1) of the Juries (Northern Ireland) Order 1996f1 hereby makes the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 1996/1141 (N.I. 6)

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of Article 4(1) of the Juries (Northern Ireland) Order 1996
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Juries (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (Amendment) Regulations 2003 and shall come into operation on 1st December 2003.

2Amendment of Article 4(1) of the Juries (Northern Ireland) Order 1996

In Article 4(1) of the Juries (Northern Ireland) Order 1996f1 for the words “1st March” there shall be substituted the words “15th December”.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor

Lord Filkin

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Constitutional Affairs

Dated 6th November 2003

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

These Regulations amend the Juries (Northern Ireland) Order 1996.

Regulation 2 amends Article 4(1) of the 1996 Order to provide that within the period of 14 days immediately preceeding 15th December each year the Chief Electoral Officer shall arraange for the selection of a sufficient number of jurors from the electoral register to enable the empanelling of such juries as may be required for that year.