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Inquiries Act 2005

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Part 3Northern Ireland legislation

Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1923 (c. 31 (N.I.))

26Section 6 of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1923 (fees for holding inquiries) is omitted.

Petroleum (Consolidation) Act (Northern Ireland) 1929 (c. 13 (N.I.))

27Section 14 of the Petroleum (Consolidation) Act (Northern Ireland) 1929 (inquiry into accidents connected with petroleum spirit) is omitted.

Prison Act (Northern Ireland) 1953 (c. 18 (N.I))

28Section 7 of the Prison Act (Northern Ireland) 1953 (sworn inquiries) is omitted.

Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 (S.I. 1972/1265 (N.I. 14))

29In the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972, Article 54 (inquiries) and Schedule 8 (provisions as to inquiries) are omitted.

Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9))

30In Article 16 of the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (investigations and inquiries) the following words are omitted—

(a)in paragraph (1), “the Department concerned or”;

(b)in paragraph (2), “The Department concerned or”;

(c)in paragraph (5), “the Department concerned or, as the case may be,” and “that Department or” (in both places);

(d)in paragraph (6) “The Department concerned or, as the case may be,”;

(e)in paragraph (6)(a), (b) and (c), “that Department or”.

Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/154 (N.I. 1))

31In Schedule 5 to the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (provisions as to inquiries and applications), in paragraph 5, for “Schedule 8 to the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972” there is substituted “Schedule A1 to the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954”.

Agricultural Marketing (Northern Ireland) Order 1982 (S.I. 1982/1080 (N.I. 12))

32In Article 4 of the Agricultural Marketing (Northern Ireland) Order 1982 (approval of schemes), in paragraph (10), for the words from “Article 54” to “1954,” there is substituted “Schedule A1 to the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall, in its application to any such inquiry by virtue of section 23 of that Act,”.

Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (S.I. 1986/594 (N.I. 3))

33Article 108 of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (inquiries and investigations) is omitted.

Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 (S.I. 1987/2203 (N.I. 22))

34Article 69 of the Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 (inquiries) is omitted.

Roads (Northern Ireland) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/3160 (N.I. 15))

35In Article 130 of the Roads (Northern Ireland) Order 1993 (inquiries), in paragraph (2)—

(a)for “Schedule 8 to the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972” there is substituted “Schedule A1 to the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954”;

(b)for “the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954” there is substituted “that Act”;

(c)for “paragraph 6” there is substituted “paragraph 7(1)”.

Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/755 (N.I. 2))

36Article 152 of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (inquiries) is omitted.

Commissioner for Complaints (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/1297 (N.I. 7))

37In Article 9 of the Commissioner for Complaints (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (matters not subject to investigation), in paragraph (5), for the words from “the subject of” to the end there is substituted the subject of—

(a)an inquiry under the Inquiries Act 2005, or

(b)any such inquiry as is referred to in section 23 of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 (inquiries and investigations).

Road Traffic Regulation (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/276 (N.I. 2))

38In Article 65 of the Road Traffic Regulation (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 (inquiries), in paragraph (2)—

(a)for “Schedule 8 to the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972” there is substituted “Schedule A1 to the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954”;

(b)for “the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954” there is substituted “that Act”;

(c)for “paragraph 6” there is substituted “paragraph 7(1)”.

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

39Article 58 of the Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (inquiries and investigations) is omitted.

Protection of Children and Vulnerable Adults (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/417 (N.I. 4))

40In Articles 7 and 39 of the Protection of Children and Vulnerable Adults (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 (individuals named in the findings of certain inquiries), in paragraph (7)(a), after “held” there is inserted “under the Inquiries Act 2005 or”.

Commissioner for Children and Young People (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/439 (N.I. 11))

41In Article 13 of the Commissioner for Children and Young People (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 (actions which may be investigated: restrictions and exclusions), in paragraph (3), for “the subject of a local or public inquiry” there is substituted the subject of—

(a)an inquiry under the Inquiries Act 2005, or

(b)any such inquiry as is referred to in section 23 of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 (inquiries and investigations).

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