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99. Amend the Coroners Act (Northern Ireland) 1959(1) as follows.
100. At the end of section 2(1) (as substituted by paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 4 to the Northern Ireland Act 2009(2)) (appointment of coroners etc) insert—
“Salaries and other amounts payable under this subsection shall be paid by the Department of Justice.”
101. In section 5 (administrative expenses) for “Parliament of the United Kingdom” substitute “Assembly”.
102. In section 36 (rules and fees)—
(a)in subsections (1), (1A), (1C) to (1E) and (1G) for “Lord Chancellor” (wherever occurring) substitute “relevant authority”;
(b)in subsection (1)(a) for “him” substitute “it”;
(c)after subsection (1) insert—
“(1ZA) For the purposes of this section, “relevant authority” means—
(a)in relation to rules which deal (or would deal) with an excepted matter, the Lord Chancellor; and
(b)otherwise, the Department of Justice.”;
(d)at the end of subsection (1A) insert “or, in relation to rules falling to be made by the Department of Justice, the Department of Finance and Personnel”;
(e)in subsections (1D) and (1E) for “he” substitute “it”;
(f)omit subsection (2);
(g)after subsection (2) insert—
“(3) The Department of Justice may with the consent of the Department of Finance and Personnel determine the allowances payable to witnesses under this Act.
(4) For the purposes of this section “deal with” and “excepted matter” have the same meanings as in the Northern Ireland Act 1998(3).”.
1959 c. 15 (N.I.). Relevant amendments were made by the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978, section 122 and Schedule 5; the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c.4), section 15 and Schedule 5, paragraphs 2 to 6; the Access to Justice Act 1999 (c. 22), section 104(2); the Northern Ireland Act 2009 (c.3), section 2 and Schedule 4, paragraph 2. Functions under the Act were transferred by S.I. 1973/2163.
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