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The Lord Chancellor (Consequential Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006

S.R. 2006/115 · Made 13 March 2006

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LORD CHANCELLOR

LORD CHIEF JUSTICE

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

Made 13th March 2006

To be laid before Parliament

Coming into operation 3rd April 2006

The Lord Chancellor makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 143 of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2005 c. 4

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Consequential provision
  3. Signature
  4. Schedule: CONSEQUENTIAL PROVISION
  5. 1County Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1981
  6. 2Legal Aid in Criminal Proceedings (Costs) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1992
  7. 3Legal Aid in Criminal Proceedings (Costs) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1992
  8. 4Legal Aid in Criminal Proceedings (Costs) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1992
  9. 5Children (Allocation of Proceedings) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996
  10. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Lord Chancellor (Consequential Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006 and shall come into operation on 3rd April 2006.

2Consequential provision

The Schedule has effect with respect to the making of provision consequential to that under the Constitutional Reform Act 2005.

Signature

Falconer of Thoroton, C.

Dated 13th March 2006

1County Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1981

(1)

Order 54 rule 2 of the County Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1981f1 is amended as follows.

(2)

In paragraph (2) for “Lord Chancellor” substitute “Lord Chief Justice”.

2Legal Aid in Criminal Proceedings (Costs) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1992

The Legal Aid in Criminal Proceedings (Costs) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1992f1 is amended as follows.

3Legal Aid in Criminal Proceedings (Costs) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1992

(1)

Rule 9 is amended in accordance with this paragraph.

(2)

In paragraph 3(a)(i) for “Lord Chancellor” substitute “Lord Chief Justice”.

4Legal Aid in Criminal Proceedings (Costs) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1992

(1)

Part II of Schedule 1 is amended in accordance with this paragraph.

(2)

In paragraph 1(2)(a) for “Lord Chancellor” substitute “Lord Chief Justice”.

5Children (Allocation of Proceedings) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996

(1)

Article 1 of the Children (Allocation of Proceedings) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996f1 is amended as follows.

(2)

In the definition of “petty sessions districts” in paragraph (2), after “Lord Chancellor” insert “after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice”.

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Article 2 of this Order introduces the Schedule which makes amendments to certain functions of the Lord Chancellor which are contained in secondary legislation. These amendments are consequential to amendments that are effected by Schedule 5 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4) which transfers certain of the Lord Chancellor’s functions to the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, and requires certain functions to be exercised by the Lord Chancellor only after consulting, or obtaining the concurrence of the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland.