Introduction
Summary
Overview
Commentary
Part 1: the Judiciary
General
Section 1: Guarantee of continued judicial independence
Appointment and Removal
Section 2: Introductory
Section 3: Judicial Appointments Commission
Section 4: Appointment to most senior judicial offices
Section 5: Appointment to listed judicial offices
Section 6: Removal from most senior judicial offices
Section 7: Removal from listed judicial offices
Section 8: Tribunals for considering removal
Magistrates
Section 9: Lay magistrates
Section 10: Transfer of functions of justices of the peace
Section 11: Transfer of functions of lay panellists
Lord Chief Justice
Section 12: Role of the Lord Chief Justice
Sections 13-15: Presiding judges
Section 16: Complaints about holders of judicial office
Section 17: Secretaries to Lord Chief Justice
Other Provisions
Section 18: Qualification for appointment
Section 19: Judicial oath or affirmation
Section 20: Crown Solicitor
Section 21: Judicial Pensions: pension sharing
Part 2: Law Officers and Public Prosecution Service
Attorney General
Section 22: Attorney General
Section 23: Terms of appointment of Attorney General
Section 24: Removal of Attorney General
Section 25: Participation by Attorney General in Assembly proceedings
Section 26: Annual report by Attorney General
Advocate General
Section 27: Advocate General
Section 28: Functions of Advocate General
Public Prosecution Service
Section 29: Public Prosecution Service
Section 30: Director of Public Prosecutions
Section 31: Conduct of prosecutions
Section 32: Discontinuance of proceedings before court appearance
Section 33: Consents to prosecutions
Section 34: Police complaints
Section 35: Information for Director
Section 36: Exercise of functions by and on behalf of Service
Section 37: Code for Prosecutors
Section 38: Equality and non-discrimination
Section 39: Reports by Director
Relationship of Director and Attorney General
Section 40: Superintendence and removal of Director
Section 41: Transfer of functions etc.
Section 42: Independence of Director
Section 43: Appointment and removal of Director by Attorney General
Supplementary
Section 44: Interpretation
Part 3: Other New Institutions
Chief Inspector of Criminal Justice
Section 45: Chief Inspector of Criminal Justice
Section 46: Functions of Chief Inspector
Section 47: Further provisions about functions
Section 48: Powers of inspectors
Section 49: Reports
Law Commission
Section 50: Law Commission
Section 51: Duties of Commission
Section 52: Reports etc.
Part 4: Youth Justice
Aims
Section 53: Aims of youth justice system
New Orders
Section 54: Reparation orders
Section 55: Community responsibility orders
Section 56: Custody care orders
Youth Conferences
Section 57: Youth conferences and youth conference plans
Section 58: Diversionary youth conferences
Section 59: Court-ordered youth conferences
Section 60: Youth conference orders
Section 61: Legal aid for youth conferences
Section 63: Extension of youth justice system to 17 year olds
Section 64: Juvenile justice centre orders for 17 year olds
Section 65: Consultation about detention
Part 5: Miscellaneous
Royal Arms and Flags
Section 66: Display of the Royal Arms at courts
Section 67: Flying of flags at court-houses
Victims of Crime
Section 68: Information about discharge and temporary release of prisoners
Section 69: Views on temporary release
Section 70: Supplementary
Community Safety
Section 71: Community safety strategy
Section 72: Local community safety partnerships
Civil Procedure
Section 73: Constitution of Rules Committees
Section 74: Appeals in small claims cases
Section 75: Time limit for cases stated by county court
Legal Aid
Section 76: Exceptional legal aid
Section 77: Proceedings before coroner
Court Service
Section 78: Power to abolish the Court Service
Court Security
Sections 79-81: Court security and court security officers
Part 6: Supplementary
Section 82: Excepted matters: judicial office-holders
Section 83: Reserved matters: new institutions
Section 84: Assembly Acts about judiciary, law officers and prosecutions
Section 89: Transitionals and savings
Section 90: Statutory rules
Section 91: Extent
Schedule 1: Listed Judicial Offices
Schedule 2: Judicial Appointments Commission
Schedule 3: Appointment to Listed Judicial Offices
Schedule 4: Functions of Justices of the Peace
Schedule 5: Transfer of Functions to Lord Chief Justice
Schedule 6: Office-Holders Required to Take Judicial Oath
Schedule 7: Functions of Advocate General
Schedule 8: Chief Inspector of Criminal Justice
Schedule 9: Law Commission
Schedule 10: Youth Justice Orders: Enforcement Etc
Schedule 11: Extension of Youth Justice System to 17 Year Olds
Schedule 12: Minor and Consequential Amendments
Schedule 13: Repeals and Revocations
Commencement
Hansard References