{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-constitution-act-1973/section-36",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-constitution-act-1973/section-36.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1973/36",
  "legislation_title": "Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-constitution-act-1973",
  "path": "section/36",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "36",
  "heading": "Provisions as to other Northern Ireland officers.",
  "text": "(1) Any appointment on or after the appointed day to the office of—\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(c) Civil Service Commissioner for Northern Ireland;\n(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\nshall be made by Her Majesty.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(5) Her Majesty may by Order in Council make provision with respect to the appointment of lord-lieutenants, lieutenants and deputy lieutenants in Northern Ireland, for conferring on them functions which apart from the Order would be exercisable by lieutenants in Northern Ireland, for altering the designation of vice-lieutenants in Northern Ireland and for matters incidental to or consequential on any provision so made, including the amendment or repeal of any enactment passed before this Act.\n(6) An Order in Council under subsection (5) above may be varied or revoked by a subsequent Order.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 36(1)(a)(b) repealed (N.I.) (1.4.2016) by Public Services Ombudsman Act (NorthernIreland) 2016 (c. 4), s. 64, Sch. 9"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 36(1)(d) repealed (2.12.1999) by 1998 c. 47, s. 100(1), Sch. 15; S.I. 1999/3209, art. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 36(2)(3)(4) repealed (16.7.1996) by S.I. 1996/1298 (NI 8), art. 21(2), Sch. 6"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/36/section/36",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:47:11.793848+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."
}