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Part VIIU.K. Other public bodies and offices: Northern Ireland

  • [F1An advisory committee established under paragraph 25 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972.]

  • F2...

  • The Advisory Committee on Justices of the Peace in Northern Ireland.

  • F3...

  • F4...

  • F5...

  • The Agricultural Wages Board for Northern Ireland.

  • [F6The Agri-food and Biosciences Institute]

  • The Arts Council of Northern Ireland.

  • The Assembly Ombudsman for Northern Ireland.

  • [F7The Attorney General for Northern Ireland.]

  • [F8The Belfast Harbour Commissioners.]

  • The Board of Trustees of National Museums and Galleries of Northern Ireland.

  • F9...

  • The Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland.

  • [F10A central advisory committee established under paragraph 24 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972.]

  • [F11The Certification Officer for Northern Ireland.]

  • The Charities Advisory Committee.

  • [F12The Charity Commission for Northern Ireland]

  • The Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland.

  • [F13The Chief Inspector of Criminal Justice in Northern Ireland.]

  • The Civil Service Commissioners for Northern Ireland.

  • [F14Comhairle na Gaelscolaíochta.]

  • [F15The Commission for Victims and Survivors for Northern Ireland]

  • [F16The Commissioner for Children and Young People for Northern Ireland]

  • [F17The Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland]

  • The Commissioner for Public Appointments for Northern Ireland.

  • [F18Commissioner for the Ulster Scots and the Ulster British tradition.]

  • F19...

  • The Construction Industry Training Board.

  • The consultative Civic Forum referred to in section 56(4) of the M1Northern Ireland Act 1998.

  • The Council for Catholic Maintained Schools.

  • The Council for Nature Conservation and the Countryside.

  • The County Court Rules Committee (Northern Ireland).

  • [F20The Criminal Injuries Compensation Appeals Panel for Northern Ireland, in relation to information held by it otherwise than as a tribunal.]

  • [F21A development corporation established under Part III of the Strategic Investment and Regeneration of Sites (Northern Ireland) Order 2003]

  • F22...

  • The Distinction and Meritorious Service Awards Committee.

  • F23...

  • The Drainage Council for Northern Ireland.

  • [F24The Education Authority]

  • F25...

  • The Equality Commission for Northern Ireland.

  • The Family Proceedings Rules Committee (Northern Ireland).

  • F26...

  • F27...

  • The General Consumer Council for Northern Ireland.

  • [F28The General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland.]

  • [F29The Governors of the Armargh Observatory and Planetarium.]

  • [F30The Harbour of Donaghadee Commissioners.]

  • The Health and Safety Agency for Northern Ireland.

  • The Historic Buildings Council.

  • The Historic Monuments Council.

  • The Independent Assessor of Military Complaints Procedures in Northern Ireland.

  • The Independent Commissioner for Holding Centres.

  • [F31The Independent Financial Review Panel]

  • [F32An independent monitoring board appointed under section 10 of the Prison Act (Northern Ireland) 1953.]

  • The Independent Reviewer of the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act.

  • F33...

  • F33...

  • [F34Invest Northern Ireland]

  • [F18Irish Language Commissioner.]

  • F35...

  • The Labour Relations Agency.

  • F36...

  • F37...

  • The Lay Observer for Northern Ireland.

  • F35...

  • F38...

  • F39...

  • The Livestock & Meat Commission for Northern Ireland.

  • F33...

  • The Local Government Staff Commission.

  • [F40The Londonderry Port and Harbour Commissioners.]

  • The Magistrates’ Courts Rules Committee (Northern Ireland).

  • F41...

  • F42...

  • The Northern Ireland Audit Office.

  • [F43The Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation.]

  • The Northern Ireland Building Regulations Advisory Committee.

  • The Northern Ireland Civil Service Appeal Board.

  • The Northern Ireland Commissioner for Complaints.

  • The Northern Ireland Community Relations Council.

  • F35...

  • The Northern Ireland Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment.

  • F35...

  • [F44The Northern Ireland Court of Judicature Rules Committee.]

  • The Northern Ireland Crown Court Rules Committee.

  • F45...

  • [F46The Northern Ireland Events Company.]

  • [F47The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service Board]

  • The Northern Ireland Fishery Harbour Authority.

  • [F48The Northern Ireland Health and Personal Social Services Regulation and Improvement Authority.]

  • F49...

  • The Northern Ireland Housing Executive.

  • The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission.

  • The Northern Ireland Insolvency Rules Committee.

  • [F50The Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission.]

  • [F51The Northern Ireland Law Commission.]

  • F52...

  • [F53The Northern Ireland Library Authority]

  • The Northern Ireland Local Government Officers’ Superannuation Committee.

  • The Northern Ireland Museums Council.

  • F54...

  • [F55The Northern Ireland Practice and Education Council for Nursing and Midwifery.]

  • [F56The Northern Ireland Social Care Council.]

  • F57...

  • The Northern Ireland Tourist Board.

  • The Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company.

  • F58...

  • F45...

  • [F18The Office of Identity and Cultural Expression.]

  • The Parades Commission.

  • [F59Parole Commissioners for Northern Ireland]

  • [F60The Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland, in respect of information held by it otherwise than as a tribunal.]

  • [F61The Poisons Board (Northern Ireland).]

  • The Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland.

  • [F62A policing and community safety partnership or a district policing and community safety partnership established under Part 3 of the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2011.]

  • [F63The Prisoner Ombudsman for Northern Ireland.]

  • The Probation Board for Northern Ireland.

  • [F64The Royal Ulster Constabulary George Cross Foundation.]

  • The Rural Development Council for Northern Ireland.

  • [F65The Safeguarding Board for Northern Ireland]

  • The Sentence Review Commissioners appointed under section 1 of the M2Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998.

  • F66...

  • [F67The discretionary support Commissioner appointed under Article 136 of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015.]

  • The Sports Council for Northern Ireland.

  • F49...

  • The Statistics Advisory Committee.

  • The Statute Law Committee for Northern Ireland.

  • F23...

  • [F35The Training and Employment Agency.]

  • Ulster Supported Employment Ltd.

  • [F68The Victims’ Payments Board, in relation to its administrative functions.]

  • [F69The Warrenpoint Harbour Authority.]

  • [F70The Waste Management Advisory Board.]

  • The Youth Council for Northern Ireland.

Textual Amendments

F22Words in Sch. 1 Pt. 7 repealed (1.5.2015) by Public Authorities (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 3), s. 7(1), Sch. 3 (with Sch. 1 para. 4(3)); S.R. 2015/230, art. 2(c)

F24Words in Sch. 1 Pt. 7 substituted (12.12.2014) by Education Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (c. 12), s. 7, Sch. 1 para. 19 (with Sch. 2 para. 4(3))

F42Sch. 1 Pt. 7: entry repealed (29.12.2003) by Communications Act 2003 (c. 21), ss. 406(6)(7), 411(2), Sch. 19(1) (with Sch 18, Sch. 19(1) Note 1); S.I. 2003/3142, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 (subject to art. 3(3) and with art. 11)

F53Sch. 1 Pt. 7: entry inserted (N.I.) (1.10.2008) by Libraries Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 8), ss. 10, 12, Sch. 3 para. 6; S.R. 2008/396, art. 2(h)

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