Section 2 Introductory

Northern Ireland

(1)

Sections 3 to 8 make provision about appointment to and removal from—

F1(a)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b)

the offices listed in Schedule 1.

C1(2)

The F2Lord Chancellor may by order amend Schedule 1 by—

(a)

adding an office (other than the office of Lord Chief Justice or Lord Justice of Appeal),

(b)

omitting an office, or

(c)

altering the description of an office.

(3)

No order under subsection (2) may be made without the agreement of the Lord Chief Justice.

(4)

An order under subsection (2) may make appropriate consequential amendments in any enactment or instrument (whenever passed or made).

(5)

In this Act—

F3...
“listed judicial office” means an office listed in Schedule 1, and
“protected judicial office” means the office of Lord Chief Justice, the office of Lord Justice of Appeal or a listed judicial office.

Annotations

F1: S. 2(1)(a) omitted (12.4.2010) by virtue of Northern Ireland Act 2009 (c. 3), s. 5(7), Sch. 3 para. 1(2); S.I. 2010/812, art. 2
F2: Words in s. 2(2) substituted (15.6.2005) by Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2004 (c. 4), ss. 1, 19(1), Sch. 1 para. 1; S.R. 2005/282, art. 3
F3: Words in s. 2(5) omitted (12.4.2010) by virtue of Department of Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 (c. 3), s. 3(2), Sch. para. 14(1); S.R. 2010/147, art. 2(2)

C1: S. 2(2): 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)