Paragraph 57 I1

In section 2B (variation of orders and settlements) after subsection (7) insert—

“(8)

In the application of this section to Northern Ireland—

(a)

a reference to the Lord Chancellor shall be taken as a reference to the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland;

(b)

in subsection (6)(a) for “statutory instrument” substitute “statutory rule for the purposes of the Statutory Rules (Northern Ireland) Order 1979^f1”;

(c)

in subsection (6)(c) for “each House of Parliament” substitute “the Northern Ireland Assembly”;

(d)

section 41(3) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954^f2 applies for the purposes of subsection (6)(c) in relation to the laying of a draft as it applies in relation to the laying of a statutory document under an enactment.”