Article 70 Article 69: supplementary

Northern Ireland

(1)

The Authority may not make an order under Article 69 unless they are satisfied that the purposes for which the application for the order was made—

(a)

cannot be achieved otherwise than by means of such an order, or

(b)

can only be achieved in accordance with a procedure which—

(i)

is liable to be unduly complex or protracted, or

(ii)

involves the obtaining of consents which cannot be obtained, or can only be obtained with undue delay or difficulty.

(2)

The extent of the Authority's powers to make such an order is not limited, in relation to any purposes for which they are exercisable, to the minimum necessary to achieve those purposes.

F1(3)

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Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Art. 70(3) omitted (6.4.2016) by virtue of Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 5), s. 53(3), Sch. 13 para. 61

Notes on the whole Order

Textual amendments

F1: functions transf. by SR 1999/481
F2: functions transf. by 2005 NI 1