17(1)Section 103 (appointment of justices of the peace) is amended as follows.N.I.
(2)In subsection (3), for “Lord Chancellor” substitute “ First Minister and deputy First Minister, acting jointly, ”.
(3)In subsections (4) and (5), insert at the beginning “Subject to the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002,”.
(4)After subsection (5) insert—
“(5A)A justice of the peace for a county court division may act as such in relation to all matters arising within that division and may so act even if at the time of acting he is in some other area of Northern Ireland.”
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 4 para. 17 partly in force; Sch. 4 para. 17 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 87; Sch. 4 para. 17(1)(3)(4) in force at 1.4.2005 by S.R. 2005/109, art. 2, Sch.