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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-2009/schedule-3/paragraph-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-2009/schedule-3/paragraph-6.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2009/3",
  "legislation_title": "Northern Ireland Act 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-2009",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/6",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Amend section 7 as follows.\n(2) In subsection (2) for “First Minister and deputy First Minister, acting jointly” substitute “ Lord Chief Justice ”.\n(3) In subsection (3) for “First Minister and deputy First Minister” substitute “ Lord Chief Justice ”.\n(4) In subsection (4) for “them” substitute “ the Lord Chief Justice ”.\n(5) Omit subsection (5).\n(6) After subsection (6) insert—\n“(6A) If the Lord Chief Justice does not remove or suspend a person (“P”) in accordance with a recommendation as mentioned in subsection (3) or (4), the Lord Chief Justice must notify the following of the Lord Chief Justice's reasons for not removing or suspending P—\n(a) P;\n(b) the tribunal;\n(c) if the tribunal was convened by the Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Ombudsman, the Ombudsman.”\n(7) In subsection (7)—\n(a) for “(6)” substitute “ (6A) ”;\n(b) for “section 12B” substitute “ section 12C ”;\n(c) omit “(inserted by section 6 of this Act)”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 6 in force at 12.4.2010 by S.I. 2010/812, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/3/schedule/3/paragraph/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:11:25.040807+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."
}