Paragraph 102 I1

Amend section 177 (consequential amendments etc) as follows.

After subsection (3) insert—

“(3A)

In relation to the making of provision that could be made by an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly without the consent of the Secretary of State (see sections 6 to 8 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998^f1), in subsection (3) references to the appropriate minister are to be read as references to the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland.”