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SupplementaryN.I.
18RepealsN.I.
Schedule 4 contains repeals.
Commencement Information
I1S. 18 wholly in force at 12.4.2010; s. 18 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 19; s. 18 in force at 14.7.2004 for specified purposes by S.R. 2004/267, art. 2; s. 18 in force at 13.6.2005 for further specified purposes by S.R. 2005/282, art. 2; s. 18 in force for remaining purposes at 12.4.2010 by S.R. 2010/114, art. 2(b)
19CommencementN.I.
(1)The preceding provisions of this Act (with the Schedules) shall not come into force until such day as the Secretary of State may by order appoint.
(2)An order may appoint different days for different purposes.
Subordinate Legislation Made
P1S. 19 power exercised, different dates appointed for specified provisions as follows:
14.7.2004 by S.R. 2004/267, art. 2;
29.10.2004 by S.R. 2004/432, art. 2;
13.6.2005, 15.6.2005, 25.7.2005, and 1.2.2006 by S.R. 2005/282, arts. 2-5;
12.4.2010 by S.R. 2010/114, art. 2
20InterpretationN.I.
In this Act—
(a)“the 2002 Act” means the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 (c. 26), and
(b)any word or expression defined in section 88 of that Act has the same meaning in this Act as in that Act.
21Statutory rulesN.I.
(1)Any power to make an order or regulations under this Act is exercisable by statutory rule for the purposes of the Statutory Rules (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (S.I. 1979/1573 (N.I. 12)).
(2)No order shall be made under section 8(5) unless a draft of the order has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, [F1the Northern Ireland Assembly].
[F2(2A)Section 41(3) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 applies for the purposes of subsection (2) in relation to the laying of a draft as it applies in relation to the laying of a statutory document under an enactment.]
(3)An order under section 8(3)(c) or 11(4) and regulations under paragraph 1(4) [F3, 5A(5)] or 6(1) of Schedule 3 shall be subject to [F4negative resolution (within the meaning of section 41(6) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954)].
(4)An order or regulations made under this Act may include supplementary, incidental, transitional or consequential provisions.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 21(2) substituted (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 1(2), 12, Sch. 14 para. 82(2) (with arts. 28-31)
F2S. 21(2A) inserted (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 1(2), 12, Sch. 14 para. 82(3) (with arts. 28-31)
F3Words in s. 21(3) inserted (6.4.2010) by Coroners and Justice Act 2009, (c. 25), {ss. 147(5)}, 182(4)(c) (with s. 180, Sch. 22 para. 44(2)); S.I. 2010/816, art. 2, Sch. para. 10
F4Words in s. 21(3) substituted (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 1(2), 12, Sch. 14 para. 82(4) (with arts. 28-31)
22ExtentN.I.
(1)Subject as follows, this Act extends only to Northern Ireland.
(2)Any amendment made by this Act has the same extent as the provision to which it relates.
23Short titleN.I.
This Act may be cited as the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2004.
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