Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002

1. Introductory Text

2. Part 1 The Judiciary

   1. General

      1. 1. Guarantee of continued judicial independence

   2. Appointment and removal

      1. 2. Introductory

      2. 3. Judicial Appointments Commission

      3. 4. Appointment to most senior judicial offices

      4. 5. Appointment to listed judicial offices

      5. 6. Removal from most senior judicial offices

      6. 7. Removal from listed judicial offices

      7. 8. Tribunals for considering removal

   3. Magistrates

      1. 9. Lay magistrates

      2. 10. Transfer of functions of justices of the peace

      3. 11. Transfer of functions of lay panellists

   4. Lord Chief Justice

      1. 12. Role of Lord Chief Justice

      2. 13. Presiding county court judge

      3. 14. Presiding resident magistrate

      4. 15. Presiding lay magistrate

      5. 16. Complaints about holders of judicial office

      6. 17. Secretaries to Lord Chief Justice

   5. Other provisions

      1. 18. Qualification for appointment

      2. 19. Judicial oath or affirmation

      3. 20. Crown Solicitor

      4. 21. Judicial pensions: pension sharing

3. Part 2 Law Officers and Public Prosecution Service

   1. Attorney General

      1. 22. Attorney General

      2. 23. Terms of appointment of Attorney General

      3. 24. Removal of Attorney General

      4. 25. Participation by Attorney General in Assembly proceedings

      5. 26. Annual report by Attorney General

   2. Advocate General

      1. 27. Advocate General

      2. 28. Functions of Advocate General

   3. Public Prosecution Service

      1. 29. Public Prosecution Service

      2. 30. Director of Public Prosecutions

      3. 31. Conduct of prosecutions

      4. 32. Discontinuance of proceedings before court appearance

      5. 33. Consents to prosecutions

      6. 34. Police complaints

      7. 35. Information for Director

      8. 36. Exercise of functions by and on behalf of Service

      9. 37. Code for Prosecutors

      10. 38. Equality and non-discrimination

      11. 39. Reports by Director

   4. Relationship of Director and Attorney General

      1. 40. Superintendence and removal of Director

      2. 41. Transfer of functions etc.

      3. 42. Independence of Director

      4. 43. Appointment and removal of Director by Attorney General

   5. Supplementary

      1. 44. Interpretation

4. Part 3 Other New Institutions

   1. Chief Inspector of Criminal Justice

      1. 45. Chief Inspector of Criminal Justice

      2. 46. Functions of Chief Inspector

      3. 47. Further provisions about functions

      4. 48. Powers of inspectors

      5. 49. Reports

   2. Law Commission

      1. 50. Law Commission

      2. 51. Duties of Commission

      3. 52. Reports etc.

5. Part 4 Youth Justice

   1. Aims

      1. 53. Aims of youth justice system

   2. New orders

      1. 54. Reparation orders

      2. 55. Community responsibility orders

      3. 56. Custody care orders

   3. Youth conferences

      1. 57. Youth conferences and youth conference plans

      2. 58. Diversionary youth conferences

      3. 59. Court-ordered youth conferences

      4. 60. Youth conference orders

      5. 61. Legal aid for youth conferences

   4. Other provisions

      1. 62. Orders: enforcement etc.

      2. 63. Extension of youth justice system to 17 year olds

      3. 64. Juvenile justice centre orders for 17 year olds

      4. 65. Consultation about detention

6. Part 5 Miscellaneous

   1. Royal Arms and flags

      1. 66. Display of Royal Arms at courts

      2. 67. Flying of flags at court-houses

   2. Victims of crime

      1. 68. Information about discharge and temporary release of prisoners

      2. 69. Views on temporary release

      3. 70. Supplementary

   3. Community safety

      1. 71. Community safety strategy

      2. 72. Local community safety partnerships

   4. Civil procedure

      1. 73. Constitution of Rules Committees

      2. 74. Appeals in small claims cases

      3. 75. Time limit for cases stated by county court

   5. Legal aid

      1. 76. Exceptional legal aid

      2. 77. Proceedings before coroner

   6. Court Service

      1. 78. Power to abolish Court Service

   7. Court security

      1. 79. Duty of Court Service to ensure court security

      2. 80. Powers and duties of court security officers

      3. 81. Protection of court security officers

7. Part 6 Supplementary

   1. 82. Excepted matters: judicial office-holders

   2. 83. Reserved matters: new institutions

   3. 84. Assembly Acts about judiciary, law officers and prosecutions

   4. 85. Minor and consequential amendments

   5. 86. Repeals and revocations

   6. 87. Commencement

   7. 88. Interpretation

   8. 89. Transitionals and savings

   9. 90. Statutory rules

   10. 91. Extent

   11. 92. Financial provision

   12. 93. Short title

8. 1. Schedule 1

      Listed judicial offices

   2. Schedule 2

      Judicial Appointments Commission

   3. Schedule 3

      Appointment to listed judicial offices

   4. Schedule 4

      Functions of justices of the peace

   5. Schedule 5

      Transfer of functions to Lord Chief Justice

   6. Schedule 6

      Office-holders required to take judicial oath

   7. Schedule 7

      Functions of Advocate General

   8. Schedule 8

      Chief Inspector of Criminal Justice

   9. Schedule 9

      Law Commission

   10. Schedule 10

       Youth justice orders: enforcement etc.

   11. Schedule 11

       Extension of youth justice system to 17 year olds

   12. Schedule 12

       Minor and consequential amendments

   13. Schedule 13

       Repeals and revocations