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The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010

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28.  Family Law Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 1977(1).

29.   Fatal Accidents (Northern Ireland) Order 1977(2).

30.  Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977(3), except functions which are transferred by virtue of paragraph 9 of Schedule 4 to the Northern Ireland Act 2009(4).

31.  Matrimonial Causes (Northern Ireland) Order 1978(5).

32.  Administration of Estates (Northern Ireland) Order 1979(6).

33.  County Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1980(7), except for Article 47 so far as relating to the functions of the Lord Chancellor in relation to county court rules which deal (or would deal) with an excepted matter.

34.  Domestic Proceedings (Northern Ireland) Order 1980(8).

35.  Judgments Enforcement (Northern Ireland) Order 1981(9).

36.  Legal Aid, Advice and Assistance (Northern Ireland) Order 1981(10).

37.  Magistrates’ Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981(11), except for Article 13(3A) to (3D) so far as relating to the functions of the Lord Chancellor in relation to magistrates’ courts rules which deal (or would deal) with an excepted matter.

38.  Forfeiture (Northern Ireland) Order 1982(12).

39.  Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986(13), except functions which are transferred by virtue of paragraph 20 of Schedule 4 to the Northern Ireland Act 2009(14).

40.  Matrimonial and Family Proceedings (Northern Ireland) Order 1989(15).

41.  Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989(16).

42.  Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1991(17), except for paragraph 4 of Schedule 4 so far as relating to the determination (but not the payment) of pensions.

43.  Family Law (Northern Ireland) Order 1993(18).

44.  Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995(19).

45.  Juries (Northern Ireland) Order 1996(20).

46.  Road Traffic Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1996(21).

47.  Family Homes and Domestic Violence (Northern Ireland) Order 1998(22).

48.  Road Traffic (New Drivers) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998(23).

49.  Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998(24), except functions which are transferred by virtue of paragraphs 29 to 31 of Schedule 4 to the Northern Ireland Act 2009(25).

50.  Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998(26), except functions which are transferred by virtue of paragraph 32 of Schedule 4 to the Northern Ireland Act 2009(27).

51.  Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1999(28).

52.  Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 2002(29).

53.  Access to Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2003(30), except for paragraph 17 of Schedule 1.

54.  Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 2005(31).

55.  Traffic Management (Northern Ireland) Order 2005(32), except functions which are transferred by virtue of paragraph 42 of Schedule 4 to the Northern Ireland Act 2009(33).

56.  Article 61(6) of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008(34).

(1)

S.I. 1977/1250 (N.I. 17). Relevant amendments are made by the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000 (c. 4) (N.I.), section 65; the Family Law Act (Northern Ireland) 2001 (c. 12) (N.I.), section 3. Functions under the Order were transferred to the Lord Chancellor by S.I. 1993/1576 (N.I. 6).

(2)

S.I. 1977/1251 (N.I. 18). Relevant amendments were made by the Administration of Justice Act 1982 (c. 53), section 69 and Schedule 6, paragraph 4.

(3)

S.I. 1977/2157 (N.I. 28). Relevant amendments were made by S.I. 2006/2954 (N.I. 18).

(5)

S.I. 1978/1045 (N.I. 15); Relevant amendments were made by S.I. 1995/3213 (N.I. 22); S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11); the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), Schedule 5, paragraph 41; S.I. 2005/255 (N.I. 1). There are other amendments to the Order, but none are relevant. Amendments by the Pensions (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 13) are not yet in force.

(7)

S.I. 1980/397 (N.I. 3); Relevant amendments were made by the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 (c. 26), section 12 and Schedule 5, paragraphs 12-19; and the Constitutional Reform Act (c. 4), section 15 and Schedule 5, paragraphs 48-59. There are other amendments to the Order, but none are relevant.

(8)

S.I. 1980/563 (N.I. 5). Functions under Article 4 were transferred to the Lord Chancellor by S.I. 1993/1576 (N.I. 6). Article 4 was amended by S.R. (N.I.) 1989 No. 323; the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), section 15 and Schedule 5, paragraph 60.

(9)

S.I. 1981/226 (N.I. 6); Relevant amendments were made by S.I. 1983/1904 (N.I. 22) and S.I. 1986/1166 (N.I. 11). There are other amendments to the Order, but none are relevant.

(10)

S.I. 1981/228 (N.I. 8). Relevant amendments were made by section 40 of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 (c. 27); S.I. 1982/159; S.R. (N.I.) 1988 No. 417.

(11)

S.I. 1981/1675 (N.I. 26). Relevant amendments were made by S.I. 1993/1576 (N.I. 6); section 98(2) of the Access to Justice Act 1999 (c. 22); the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), section 15 and Schedule 5, paragraphs 62 and 65.

(14)

2009 c. 3.

(15)

S.I. 1989/677 (N.I. 4). Relevant amendments were made by S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11).

(25)

2009 c. 3.

(27)

2009 c. 3.

(33)

2009 c. 3.

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