The Children (Allocation of Proceedings) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2002

Made18th November 2002

To be laid before Parliament

Coming into operation9th December 2002

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by Article 164(5) of, and Schedule 7 to, the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 19951, hereby makes the following Order: –

Citation and commencement1.

This Order may be cited as the Children (Allocation of Proceedings) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2002 and shall come into operation on 9th December 2002.

Family Proceedings Courts2.

In Schedule 1 to the Children (Allocation of Proceedings) Order (Northern Ireland) 19962, for the word “Omagh” there shall be substituted the words “East Tyrone”.

Irvine of Lairg, C.

Dated 18th November 2002.

(This note is not part of the Order.)

This Order provides for the allocation of proceedings under the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 by designating the juvenile court for the petty sessions district of East Tyrone as a family proceedings court, in place of the juvenile court for the petty sessions district of Omagh.