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The Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 (Commencement No.14) Order 2010

S.R. 2010/113 · Made 15 March 2010

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Justice

Made 15th March 2010

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 87 of the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002f1, makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2002 c.26.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. Signature
  4. Schedule: Provisions of the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 coming into force on 12th April 2010
  5. 1Paragraph 1
  6. 2Paragraph 2
  7. 3Paragraph 3
  8. 4Paragraph 4
  9. 5Paragraph 5
  10. 6Paragraph 6
  11. 7Paragraph 7
  12. 8Paragraph 8
  13. 9Paragraph 9
  14. 10Paragraph 10
  15. 11Paragraph 11
  16. 12Paragraph 12
  17. 13Paragraph 13
  18. 14Paragraph 14
  19. 15Paragraph 15
  20. 16Paragraph 16
  21. 17Paragraph 17
  22. 18Paragraph 18
  23. 19Paragraph 19
  24. 20Paragraph 20
  25. 21Paragraph 21
  26. Explanatory note

1

This Order may be cited as the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 (Commencement No.14) Order 2010.

2

The provisions of the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 specified in the Schedule shall come into force on 12th April 2010.

Signature

Paul Goggins

Minister of State

Northern Ireland Office

15th March 2010

1

Section 7(1) to (4) and (6) to (8) (Removal from listed judicial offices).

2

Section 22 (Attorney General).

3

Section 23 (Terms of appointment of Attorney General).

4

Section 24 (Removal of Attorney General).

5

Section 25 (Participation by Attorney General in Assembly Proceedings).

6

Section 26 (Annual report by Attorney General).

7

Section 27 (Advocate General).

8

Section 28(1) (Functions of Advocate General) to the extent necessary to bring into force the provisions of Schedule 7 listed in paragraph 19.

9

Section 28(2) (Functions of Advocate General).

10

Section 30(11) (Director of Public Prosecutions).

11

Section 33 (Consents to prosecutions).

12

Section 41 (Transfer of functions etc).

13

Section 42 (Independence of Director).

14

Section 43 (Appointment and removal of Director by Attorney General).

15

Section 67 (Flying of flags at court-houses).

16

Section 84(2) to (4) (Assembly Acts about judiciary, law officers and prosecutions).

17

Section 85(1) (Minor and consequential amendments) to the extent necessary to bring into force the provisions of Schedule 12 listed in paragraph 20.

18

Section 86 (Repeals and revocations) to the extent necessary to bring into force the provisions of Schedule 13 listed in paragraph 21.

19

Schedule 7 (Functions of Advocate General)—

(a)

paragraphs 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 and 8;

(b)

paragraphs 10;

(c)

paragraphs 12 to 17;

(d)

paragraphs 19 to 24;

(e)

paragraphs 26 to 34;

(f)

paragraphs 36 and 37.

20

Schedule 12 (Minor and consequential amendments)—

(a)

paragraphs 10 to 12;

(b)

paragraph 41;

(c)

paragraph 65.

21

In Schedule 13 (Repeals and revocations), the entries in respect of—

(a)

the Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1945f1;

(b)

the County Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 1959f2 in so far as it relates to section 136(a) of that Act;

(c)

the Grand Jury (Abolition) Act (Northern Ireland) 1969f3;

(d)

the Prosecution of Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 1972f4;

(e)

the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973f5 in so far as it relates to section 10(1) of that Act;

(f)

the Northern Ireland (Modification of Enactments No.1) Order 1973f6 in so far as it is not already in force;

(g)

the Energy Act 1976f7;

(h)

the Internationally Protected Persons Act 1978f8;

(i)

Schedule 5 to the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978f9 in so far as it relates to —

(i)

sections 2(1), 3 and 6(2) of the Coroners Act (Northern Ireland) 1959f10; and

(ii)

section 10(1) of the Magistrates’ Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 1964f11;

(j)

the Suppression of Terrorism Act 1978f12;

(k)

the Civil Aviation Act 1982f13;

(l)

the Administration of Justice Act 1982f14;

(m)

the Probation Board (Northern Ireland) Order 1982f15;

(n)

the Criminal Justice Act 1987f16 in so far as it relates to paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 to that Act;

(o)

the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1991f17;

(p)

the Radioactive Substances Act 1993f18;

(q)

the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996f19;

(r)

the Northern Ireland Act 1998f20 in so far as it relates to section 7(1) of that Act.

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force the provisions of the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 specified in the Schedule on 12th April 2010.