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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-northern-ireland-act-2002/schedule-8/paragraph-7",
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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/8/paragraph/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Delegation of functions",
  "text": "(1) The Chief Inspector may delegate any of his functions (to such extent as he may determine) to—\n(a) any member of his staff,\n(b) any person providing assistance by virtue of paragraph 3(2), or\n(c) the holder of any office within sub-paragraph (2).\n(2) Those offices are—\n(a) Her Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary,\n(b) Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons, . . .\n(c) Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of the Crown Prosecution Service and,\n(d) Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of the National Probation Service in England and Wales.\n(3) The Department of Justice may by order amend sub-paragraph (2) by—\n(a) adding an office,\n(b) omitting an office, or\n(c) altering the description of an office.\n(4) If the carrying out of an inspection or review is delegated under this paragraph it is nevertheless to be regarded for the purposes of sections 46 to 49 as carried out by the Chief Inspector.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 8 para. 7(2)(b) omitted (21.12.2003) by virtue of The Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 (Amendment of section 46(1) and paragraph 7(2) of Schedule 8) Order 2003 (S.R. 2003/552), {art. 3(2)}"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 8 para. 7(2)(d) and preceding word inserted (21.12.2003) by The Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 (Amendment of section 46(1) and paragraph 7(2) of Schedule 8) Order 2003 (S.R. 2003/552), {art. 3(3)}"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 8 para. 7(3) substituted (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. 13 para. 24(8) (with arts. 28-31)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/26/schedule/8/paragraph/7",
    "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."
}