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          <Strong>Part 1</Strong>
        </Number><Title>The Judiciary</Title><Pblock DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/26/part/1/crossheading/appointment-and-removal/2015-04-21" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/26/part/1/crossheading/appointment-and-removal" NumberOfProvisions="9" RestrictEndDate="2016-10-31" id="part-1-crossheading-appointment-and-removal" RestrictStartDate="2015-04-21" RestrictExtent="E+W+S+N.I."><Title>Appointment and removal</Title><P1group RestrictExtent="N.I." RestrictStartDate="2010-04-12"><Title><Substitution ChangeId="key-4cf283c28b98c57639577383363532f8-1562851925448" CommentaryRef="key-4cf283c28b98c57639577383363532f8">Appointment to listed judicial offices</Substitution></Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/26/section/5/2015-04-21" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/26/section/5" id="section-5"><Pnumber PuncAfter=""><Substitution ChangeId="key-4cf283c28b98c57639577383363532f8-1562851925448" CommentaryRef="key-4cf283c28b98c57639577383363532f8">5</Substitution></Pnumber><P1para><Text><Substitution ChangeId="key-4cf283c28b98c57639577383363532f8-1562851925448" CommentaryRef="key-4cf283c28b98c57639577383363532f8">Schedule 3 (which is about the making of appointments to listed judicial offices) has effect.</Substitution></Text></P1para></P1></P1group></Pblock></Part></Body></Primary><Commentaries><Commentary id="key-4cf283c28b98c57639577383363532f8" Type="F"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef id="cfl0vgdr3-00007" SectionRef="section-5" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/26/section/5">S. 5</CitationSubRef> substituted (12.4.2010) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2009/3" id="cfl0vgdr3-00008" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="2009" Number="3" Title="Northern Ireland Act 2009">Northern Ireland Act 2009 (c. 3)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="cfl0vgdr3-00009" CitationRef="cfl0vgdr3-00008" SectionRef="section-5-7" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2009/3/section/5/7">s. 5(7)</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="cfl0vgdr3-00010" CitationRef="cfl0vgdr3-00008" SectionRef="schedule-3-paragraph-3" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2009/3/schedule/3/paragraph/3" Operative="true">Sch. 3 para. 3</CitationSubRef> (with <CitationSubRef id="cfl0vgdr3-00011" CitationRef="cfl0vgdr3-00008" SectionRef="schedule-5-paragraph-12" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2009/3/schedule/5/paragraph/12">Sch. 5 para. 12</CitationSubRef>); <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/812" id="cfl0vgdr3-00012" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2010" Number="812" Title="The Northern Ireland Act 2009 (Commencement No.2) Order 2010">S.I. 2010/812</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="cfl0vgdr3-00013" CitationRef="cfl0vgdr3-00012" SectionRef="article-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/812/article/2">art. 2</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary></Commentaries></Legislation>