{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-northern-ireland-act-2002/schedule-4/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-northern-ireland-act-2002/schedule-4/paragraph-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2002/26",
  "legislation_title": "Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-northern-ireland-act-2002",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Amendments: general",
  "text": "The Lord Chancellor may , after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice, by order amend paragraph 1(2), 2(2) or 3(2)—\n(a) by adding any provision contained in any enactment or instrument passed or made before the coming into force of this Schedule, or\n(b) by removing any provision.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4 para. 4 inserted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15, 148, Sch. 5 para. 124(2); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2, Sch. 1 para. 12"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 4: transfer of functions (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. 17 para. 17 (with arts. 28-31)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/26/schedule/4/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."
}