Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002

Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1945 (c. 15 (N.I.))

Law Commissions Act 1965 (c. 22)

Administration of Justice Act 1973 (c. 15)

Legal Aid, Advice and Assistance (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/228 (N.I. 8))

Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (S.I. 1986/ 595 (N.I. 4))

Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/3160 (N.I. 24))

Excepted matters: judicial office-holders

Shared functions

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Devolution issues

Consultation about appointment of Attorney General for Northern Ireland

The Schedule to be inserted after Schedule 1 to the Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1504 (N.I. 9)) ia as follows—

Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (S.I 1996/3160 (N.I. 24))

Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1504 (N.I. 9))

Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1945 (c. 15 (N.I.))

Administration of Justice Act 1973 (c. 15)

Sex Offenders Act 1997 (c. 51)

Ombudsman to direct a person to exercise specified functions

1A

• (1) Sub-paragraph (2) applies where—

• (a) the provisions of this Act require the Ombudsman to exercise a specified function; but

• (b) the Ombudsman is, under paragraph 1, ineligible to exercise that function.

• (2) The Ombudsman must direct—

• (a) a member of the office of the Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman; or

• (b) any other appropriate person;

to exercise that function on behalf of the Ombudsman.

• (3) The Ombudsman may direct—

• (a) different persons to exercise different functions,

• (b) different persons to exercise the same function.

• (4) Where the Ombudsman has directed a person to exercise a specified function, that person is to be treated, for the purposes of exercising that function, as the Ombudsman.

Persons whom the Ombudsman must not direct

1B

• (1) The Ombudsman must not direct a person under paragraph 1A if either sub-paragraph (2) or (3) applies.

• (2) This sub-paragraph applies where—

• (a) the person is employed in the civil service of the State;

• (b) the person is a member of the House of Commons;

• (c) the person is a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly;

• (d) the person is engaged in political activity as a member of a political party;

• (e) the person has ever been any of these—

• (i) a practising barrister in England and Wales;

• (ii) a practising solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales;

• (iii) a practising advocate in Scotland;

• (iv) a practising solicitor in Scotland;

• (v) a practising member of the Bar of Northern Ireland;

• (vi) a practising solicitor of the Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland;

• (vii) the holder of a listed judicial office.

• (3) This sub-paragraph applies where the Ombudsman considers—

• (a) that the person has exercised functions that appear to be of a judicial nature and such as to make it inappropriate for the person to exercise specified functions; or

• (b) that past service in a capacity mentioned in sub-paragraph (5) make it inappropriate for the person to exercise specified functions.

• (4) As part of the considerations under sub-paragraph (3), the Ombudsman may consult the Department of Justice.

• (5) The service referred to in sub-paragraph (3)(b) is service as any of these—

• (a) a Commissioner;

• (b) a member of staff of the Commission;

• (c) a person employed in the civil service of the State.

Meaning of “specified functions” and “practising”

1C

• (1) For the purposes of this Schedule, the functions of the Ombudsman set out in the following provisions are specified functions—

• (a) section 8;

• (b) in section 9D, subsections (2), (3) and (4);

• (c) section 9E;

• (d) section 9F;

• (e) section 9H.

• (2) In section 7(6A)(c), the function of convening a tribunal by the Ombudsman is a specified function for the purposes of this Schedule, but the person to be notified by the Lord Chief Justice under that subsection is the Ombudsman and not a person that the Ombudsman has directed to exercise a specified function.

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Devolution issues

Suspension of devolved government

Consent to prosecution

The Schedule to be inserted after Schedule 1 to the Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1504 (N.I. 9)) ia as follows—

Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1504 (N.I. 9))

Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1945 (c. 15 (N.I.))

Administration of Justice Act 1973 (c. 15)

Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (c. 23)

Child Abduction (Northern Ireland) Order 1985 (S.I. 1985/1638 (N.I. 17))

Child Abduction (Northern Ireland) Order 1985 (S.I. 1985/1638 (N.I. 17))

The Schedule to be inserted after Schedule 1 to the Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1504 (N.I. 9)) ia as follows—

Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1504 (N.I. 9))

Terrorism Act 2000 (c. 11)

Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962 (c. 14 (N.I.))

Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (S.I. 1986/ 595 (N.I. 4))

Sex Offenders Act 1997 (c. 51)

The Schedule to be inserted after Schedule 1 to the Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1504 (N.I. 9)) ia as follows—

Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1504 (N.I. 9))

Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1945 (c. 15 (N.I.))

Law Commissions Act 1965 (c. 22)

Police (Northern Ireland) Act 1998 (c. 32)

Northern Ireland Act 1998 (c. 47)

Acting as Attorney General for Northern Ireland during vacancy

Chief Inspector’s tenure

Freedom of information

The Schedule to be inserted after Schedule 1 to the Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1504 (N.I. 9)) ia as follows—

Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/2795 (N.I. 15))

Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1504 (N.I. 9))

Terrorism Act 2000 (c. 11)

Administration of Justice Act 1973 (c. 15)

Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (c. 23)

Sex Offenders Act 1997 (c. 51)