8.—(1) Amend Schedule 1 (the Commission) as follows.
(2) In paragraph 6(3) for the “and” after paragraph (c) substitute—
“(ca)giving to the Minister in charge of the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland a statement under section 16(2A)(b), and”.
(3) In paragraph 8—
(a)in sub-paragraph (1) after “Secretary of State” insert “and the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland”;
(b)after sub-paragraph (3) insert—
“(4) The Department of Justice shall lay before the Northern Ireland Assembly a copy of every report sent to the Department of Justice under sub-paragraph (1).
(5) Section 41(3) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(1) applies for the purposes of sub-paragraph (4) in relation to the laying of a copy of a report as it applies in relation to the laying of a statutory document under an enactment.”
1954 c. 33 (N.I.). Section 41(3) was substituted by S.I. 1999/663.