Part VI Departments and Officers

C168A F1F2Department of Justice’s duty

1

The Lord Chancellor is under a duty to ensure that there is an efficient and effective system to support the carrying on of the business of—

a

the F5Court of Judicature,

b

county courts,

c

magistrates' courts, and

d

coroners' courts,

and that appropriate services are provided for those courts.

2

The Lord Chancellor must, within 18 months of the coming into force of this section, and afterwards annually, prepare and lay before F4the Northern Ireland Assembly a report as to the way in which he has discharged his duty under subsection (1).

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Section 41(3) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 applies for the purposes of subsection (2) in relation to the laying of a report as it applies in relation to the laying of a statutory document under an enactment.