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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-2009/schedule-4/paragraph-26",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-2009/schedule-4/paragraph-26.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2009/3",
  "legislation_title": "Northern Ireland Act 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-2009",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/26",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Amend Article 22 as follows.\n(2) In paragraphs (2)(a) and (b) and (4)(b) for “Lord Chancellor” substitute “ Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission ”.\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) In paragraph (5) omit “person or” in both places where it appears.\n(5) After paragraph (5) insert—\n“(5A) For an appointment under paragraph (2)(b), the conditions mentioned in paragraph (5) are to be determined with the agreement of the justice department (within the meaning of the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002).”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 26(3) omitted (12.4.2010) by virtue of Department of Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 (c. 3), s. 3(2), Sch. para. 22; S.R. 2010/147, art. 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 26 in force at 12.4.2010 by S.I. 2010/812, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/3/schedule/4/paragraph/26",
    "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."
}