GuidanceN.I.
167.—(1) The Department may issue guidance to the Court on the way in which it is to exercise its functions under paragraph 22 or 87.N.I.
(2) The Court must take into account any such guidance in exercising those functions.
(3) However, no guidance is to apply with regard to an application made to the Court before the guidance in question was issued.
(4) The Department must—
(a)lay before the Assembly any guidance issued under this paragraph, and
(b)arrange for any such guidance to be published by such means as appear to the Department to be most appropriate for drawing it to the attention of persons likely to be affected by it.