{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-northern-ireland-act-2002/schedule-2/paragraph-4",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2002/26",
  "legislation_title": "Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-northern-ireland-act-2002",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Staff",
  "text": "(1) The Commission may employ staff, but subject to the approval of the Lord Chancellor as to—\n(a) numbers,\n(b) salary, and\n(c) other terms of employment.\n(2) The Commission may make arrangements for securing the provision to it of such assistance by persons employed in—\n(a) the civil service of the United Kingdom, or\n(b) the civil service of Northern Ireland, ...\n(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\nas it considers appropriate for or in connection with the exercise of its functions.\n(2A) Employment as a member of staff of the Commission is among the kinds of employment to which a scheme under Article 3 of the Superannuation (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 can apply; and accordingly, in Schedule 1 to that Order (kinds of employment etc. referred to in Article 3), at the appropriate place in the list of “Other Bodies” insert—\n“Employment by the Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission.”.\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 4(1) substituted (15.6.2005) by Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2004 (c. 4), ss. 1, 19(1), Sch. 1 para. 5(7); S.R. 2005/282, art. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 2 para. 4(2)(a) inserted (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Court Service (Abolition and Transfer of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2010 (S.R. 2010/133), art. 1, Sch. para. 9(4)(a) (with arts. 5-7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 4(2)(c) and preceding word omitted (12.4.2010) by virtue of The Northern Ireland Court Service (Abolition and Transfer of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2010 (S.R. 2010/133), art. 1, Sch. para. 9(4)(b) (with arts. 5-7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 4(2A) inserted (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 1(2), Sch. 18 para. 67(2) (with arts. 28-31)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 4(3) omitted (12.4.2010) by virtue of The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 1(2), Sch. 18 para. 67(3) (with arts. 28-31, Sch. 18 para. 67(4))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 4(1): transfer of functions (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), arts. 1(2), 15(2) (with arts. 15(6), 28-31)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/26/schedule/2/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:19:23.998184+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."
}