2.—(1) Amend section 2 (directions etc. by the Secretary of State) as follows.U.K.
(2) After subsection (2) insert—
“(2A) Before giving a direction under subsection (1) the Secretary of State must obtain the consent of the Department of Justice so far as the direction relates to the Authority’s activities in or as regards Northern Ireland.”
(3) In subsection (3)—
(a)at the end of paragraph (b) insert “and”; and
(b)after paragraph (b) insert—
“(c)the Department of Justice with such information about the Authority’s activities in or as regards Northern Ireland as the Department of Justice may request.”
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 16 para. 2 in force at 12.4.2010, see art. 1(2)