# Northern Ireland Act 2009, Paragraph 6


(1) Amend section 7 as follows.
(2) In subsection (2) for “First Minister and deputy First Minister, acting jointly” substitute “ Lord Chief Justice ”.
(3) In subsection (3) for “First Minister and deputy First Minister” substitute “ Lord Chief Justice ”.
(4) In subsection (4) for “them” substitute “ the Lord Chief Justice ”.
(5) Omit subsection (5).
(6) After subsection (6) insert—
“(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—
(a) P;
(b) the tribunal;
(c) if the tribunal was convened by the Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Ombudsman, the Ombudsman.”
(7) In subsection (7)—
(a) for “(6)” substitute “ (6A) ”;
(b) for “section 12B” substitute “ section 12C ”;
(c) omit “(inserted by section 6 of this Act)”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/3/schedule/3/paragraph/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-2009/schedule-3/paragraph-6
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