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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-1998-devolution-of-policing-and-justice-functions-order-2010/schedule-18/paragraph-15",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2010/976",
  "legislation_title": "The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-1998-devolution-of-policing-and-justice-functions-order-2010",
  "path": "schedule/18/paragraph/15",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In section 55A (making of rules for High Court and Court of Appeal)—\n(a) after subsection (1) insert—\n“(1A) For the purposes of this section, “relevant authority” means—\n(a) in relation to rules which deal (or would deal) with an excepted matter, the Lord Chancellor; and\n(b) otherwise, the Department of Justice;\nand for the purposes of this subsection “deal with” and “excepted matter” have the same meanings as in the Northern Ireland Act 1998.”;\n(b) for “Lord Chancellor” (wherever occurring) substitute “relevant authority”;\n(c) in subsections (3), (4) and (5) for “him” substitute “it”;\n(d) in subsections (5) and (6) for “he” (wherever occurring) substitute “it”.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 18 para. 15 in force at 12.4.2010, see art. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/976/schedule/18/paragraph/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:45:39.950485+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."
}